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ArticleView (Beijing, China)2022

Quickly evolving near-infrared photoimmunotherapy provides multifaceted approach to modern cancer treatment.

Hailey Monaco, Shinya Yokomizo, Hak Soo Choi, Satoshi Kashiwagi

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Article in View (Beijing, China), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
3.0field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 47 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Phototherapy in cancer treatment: strategies and challenges.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2025
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  5. Thylakoids for enhanced photodynamic therapy in hypoxic tumours.Science and technology of advanced materials · 2025
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  14. NIR fluorescence imaging and treatment for cancer immunotherapy.Journal for immunotherapy of cancer · 2022
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  16. A Photosensitized Singlet Oxygen (Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Hailey MonacoGordon Center for Medical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Shinya YokomizoGordon Center for Medical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4096-9695
Hak Soo ChoiGordon Center for Medical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7982-6483
Satoshi KashiwagiGordon Center for Medical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8910-3257
Harvard University · US

Funding

Image-Guided Drug Delivery for Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor.R01EB022230 · NIBIB · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI CHOI, HAK SOO, HENARY, MAGED M · 2017 to 2020
$3.6M
Laser-based non-invasive immunotherapy for food allergyR21AI144103 · NIAID · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI KASHIWAGI, SATOSHI · 2019 to 2020
$433k
NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI144103NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB022230
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Among modalities of cancer immunotherapy, near-infrared photoimmunotherapy (NIR-PIT) has reached significant preclinical and clinical stages and quickly evolved over the last 5 years. NIR-PIT uses deep-penetrable NIR light to induce physicochemical changes in the antibody-photosensitizer conjugate (APC), leading to resultant necrosis and immunogenic cell death (ICD) of the cancer cells. Alternatively, other types of photomedicine use photosensitizers to convert absorbed light energy either into reactive oxygen species for photodynamic therapy (PDT) or into heat for photothermal therapy (PTT). ICD is a unique and relevant outcome of NIR-PIT because it induces long-lasting antitumor host immunity, which overcomes the immunosuppressive network of cancer. Due to its high specificity and durable antitumor effects, NIR-PIT is now considered a promising cancer therapy, and optimized NIR-PIT is readily expanding its applicability to many different types of cancer. Along with the traditional method of NIR-PIT, new avenues in its realm of treatment are currently being explored, such as the targeting of other immunosuppressive elements, delivery of NIR light through a catheter, real-time imaging for tumor detection, and the use of tumor-seeking small molecules for improved efficacy and safety. In addition, its effect on hyperpermeability has opened a door for a wide array of combination therapies with other modalities. This review summarizes the recent findings in clinical and preclinical studies of NIR-induced photomedicine and its future significance in the field of cancer research.

Indexed as

cancer immunotherapyimmunogenic cell deathnear-infrared photoimmunotherapyphotodynamic therapyphotothermal therapy

Identifiers

PMID37448778
PMCPMC10343942
OpenAlexW3198598619

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