Cationic BODIPY Photosensitizers for Mitochondrion-Targeted Fluorescence Cell-Imaging and Photodynamic Therapy

• Main Authors: Isabel Wen Badon (Author), Jun-Pil Jee (Author), Temmy Pegarro Vales (Author), Chanwoo Kim (Author), Seungbin Lee (Author), Jaesung Yang (Author), Si Kyung Yang (Author), Ho-Joong Kim (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2023-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The straightforward synthesis of three cationic boron-dipyrromethene (BODIPY) derivatives and their mitochondria-targeting and photodynamic therapeutic (PDT) capabilities are reported. Two cancer cell lines (HeLa and MCF-7) were used to investigate the PDT activity of the dyes. Compared to their non...