Transferrin-Modified Nanoparticles for Photodynamic Therapy Enhance the Antitumor Efficacy of Hypocrellin A

• Main Authors: Xi Lin (Author), Shu-Zhen Yan (Author), Shan-Shan Qi (Author), Qiao Xu (Author), Shuang-Shuang Han (Author), Ling-Yuan Guo (Author), Ning Zhao (Author), Shuang-Lin Chen (Author), Shu-Qin Yu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2017-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has emerged as a potent novel therapeutic modality that induces cell death through light-induced activation of photosensitizer. But some photosensitizers have characteristics of poor water-solubility and non-specific tissue distribution. These characteristics become main o...