Xiaomeng Guo, Jiaxin Qu, Chunqi Zhu, Wei Li, Lihua Luo, Jie Yang, Xiaoyi Yin, Qingpo Li, Yongzhong Du, Dawei Chen, Yunqing Qiu, Yan Lou, Jian You
Photosensitizer, proper laser irradiation, and oxygen are essential components for effective photodynamic therapy (PDT) in clinical cancer therapy. However, native hypoxic tumoral microenvironment is a major barrier hindering photodynamic reactions in vivo. Thus, we have prepared biocompatible liposomes by loading complexes of oxygen-carrier (hemoglobin, Hb) and photosensitizer (indocyanine green, ICG) for enhanced PDT against hypoxic tumor. Ideal oxygen donor Hb, which is an oxygen-carried protein in red blood cells, makes such liposome which provide stable oxygen supply...
November 2018: Drug Delivery