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ArticleMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2018

Pollen-Structured Gold Nanoclusters for X-ray Induced Photodynamic Therapy.

Lih Shin Tew, Meng-Ting Cai, Leu-Wei Lo, Yit Lung Khung, Nai-Tzu Chen

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Article in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 35% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Nanocomposites for X-Ray Photodynamic Therapy.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Lih Shin TewRegenerative Medicine Cluster, Advanced Medical and Dental Institute (AMDI), Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kepala Batas 13200, Malaysia. tls16_ipg005@student.usm.my.
Meng-Ting CaiDepartment of Biological Science and Technology, China Medical University, Taichung 40402, Taiwan. qqq22605@gmail.com.
Leu-Wei LoInstitute of Biomedical Engineering and Nanomedicine, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan 35053, Taiwan. lwlo@nhri.org.tw.
Yit Lung KhungDepartment of Biological Science and Technology, China Medical University, Taichung 40402, Taiwan. yitlung.khung@mail.cmu.edu.tw.ORCID 0000-0001-6571-3034
Nai-Tzu ChenInstitute of New Drug Development, China Medical University, Taichung 40402, Taiwan. ohnonancy@mail.cmu.edu.tw.
China Medical University · TWNational Health Research Institutes · TWUniversiti Sains Malaysia · MY

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a cancer treatment that employs the production of cytotoxic reactive oxygen species (ROS), subsequently triggering tumor apoptosis and tumor size reduction. However, this approach suffers from insufficient light penetration depth. In order to mitigate this issue, pollen-structured gold clusters (PSGCs) were designed for mediating X-ray-induced PDT for radiotherapy enhancement. The structure of PSGCs provides a large surface area that is able to generate ROS upon X-ray irradiation. The synthesized PSGCs were exposed to different X-ray doses and the generated ROS was then quantified by dihydroethidium (DHE) assay. Furthermore, at the cellular level, the PDT efficacy of PSGCs was evaluated via immunofluorescence staining with γ-H2AX and comet assay. The results demonstrated that PSGCs possess a significantly high ROS-generating capacity and a remarkable PDT efficacy in the treatment of breast cancer cells, thus showing potential clinical uses in deep-tissue cancer treatment.

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mesoporous silicaphotodynamic therapypollen-structured gold clustersreactive oxygen species

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PMID29987236
PMCPMC6073926
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