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ReviewBiomimetics (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Learning from Nature: Bioinspired Chlorin-Based Photosensitizers Immobilized on Carbon Materials for Combined Photodynamic and Photothermal Therapy.

Lucas D Dias, Ivan S Mfouo-Tynga

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Review in Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Chlorin Activity Enhancers for Photodynamic Therapy.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  3. Putting a "CPharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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  8. Biomimetic Nanotechnology Vol. 2.Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Lucas D DiasSão Carlos Institute of Physics, University of São Paulo, São Carlos 13566-590, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-2858-7539
Ivan S Mfouo-TyngaSão Carlos Institute of Physics, University of São Paulo, São Carlos 13566-590, Brazil.

Funding

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico CNPq 465360/2014-9Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo CEPOF 2013/07276-1Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo FAPESP 2014/50857-8Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo Post-doc grant 2019/13569-8Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo Post-doc grant 2019/14885-0
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chlorophylls, which are chlorin-type photosensitizers, are known as the key building blocks of nature and are fundamental for solar energy metabolism during the photosynthesis process. In this regard, the utilization of bioinspired chlorin analogs as photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy constitutes an evolutionary topic of research. Moreover, carbon nanomaterials have been widely applied in photodynamic therapy protocols due to their optical characteristics, good biocompatibility, and tunable systematic toxicity. Herein, we review the literature related to the applications of chlorin-based photosensitizers that were functionalized onto carbon nanomaterials for photodynamic and photothermal therapies against cancer. Rather than a comprehensive review, we intended to highlight the most important and illustrative examples over the last 10 years.

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bioinspired photosensitizercancercarbon nanomaterialchlorinphotodynamic therapyphotothermal therapy

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PMID33066431
PMCPMC7709684

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