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ArticleNature communications2023

Near-infrared light-triggered prodrug photolysis by one-step energy transfer.

Kaiqi Long, Wen Lv, Zihan Wang, Yaming Zhang, Kang Chen, Ni Fan, Feiyang Li, Yichi Zhang, Weiping Wang

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Article in Nature communications, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13 citing papers in PubMed.

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  9. Precision Photochemistry: Every Photon Counts.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors.

Kaiqi LongState Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China.ORCID 0000-0002-3582-2341
Wen LvLaboratory of Molecular Engineering and Nanomedicine, Dr. Li Dak-Sum Research Centre, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China.
Zihan WangState Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China.
Yaming ZhangState Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0846-9156
Kang ChenState Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0325-2433
Ni FanState Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China.
Feiyang LiSchool of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5361-6229
Yichi ZhangState Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China.
Weiping WangState Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China. wangwp@hku.hk.ORCID 0000-0001-7511-3497

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Prodrug photolysis enables spatiotemporal control of drug release at the desired lesions. For photoactivated therapy, near-infrared (NIR) light is preferable due to its deep tissue penetration and low phototoxicity. However, most of the photocleavable groups cannot be directly activated by NIR light. Here, we report a upconversion-like process via only one step of energy transfer for NIR light-triggered prodrug photolysis. We utilize a photosensitizer (PS) that can be activated via singlet-triplet (S-T) absorption and achieve photolysis of boron-dipyrromethene (BODIPY)-based prodrugs via triplet-triplet energy transfer. Using the strategy, NIR light can achieve green light-responsive photolysis with a single-photon process. A wide range of drugs and bioactive molecules are designed and demonstrated to be released under low-irradiance NIR light (100 mW/cm

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ProdrugsDrug Delivery SystemsEnergy TransferPhotolysisPhotosensitizing AgentsPhotosensitizing AgentsProdrugs

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PMID38062051
PMCPMC10703928

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