A smart perylene derived photosensitizer for lysosome-targeted and self-assessed photodynamic therapy

Niu Niu, Huipeng Zhou, Ning Liu, Hong Jiang, Ejaz Hussain, Zhenzhen Hu, Cong Yu

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Abstract

A perylene probe PC4 is explored as a smart lysosome-targeted photosensitizer. It can efficiently kill cancer cells and also mark dead cells with bright fluorescence emission in nuclei for real-time monitoring and assessing of the photodynamic therapeutic efficiency.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1036-1039
Number of pages4
JournalChemical Communications
Volume55
Issue number8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019
Externally publishedYes

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