Polymers, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 17(9), P. 1258 - 1258
Published: May 5, 2025
Conjugated polymers (CPs) have emerged as promising candidates for photodynamic therapy (PDT) in cancer treatment due to their high fluorescence quantum yield, excellent photostability, and remarkable reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation capability. This review systematically summarizes molecular design strategies augment CP photosensitivity efficiency, including: (1) constructing donor–acceptor (D-A) alternating structures, (2) incorporating aggregation-induced emission (AIE) moieties, (3) employing heavy-atom effects, (4) designing hyperbranched architectures. In addition, considering the limitations of monotherapy like tumor heterogeneity, we will further discuss synergistic CP-mediated PDT combination with other therapeutic modalities, including photothermal (PTT)-PDT, immunotherapy-PDT, chemotherapy-PDT, Chemiluminescence (CL)-PDT, diagnostic technology-PDT, chemodynamic (CDT)-PDT. These multimodal approaches leverage complementary mechanisms achieve enhanced eradication efficacy.
Language: Английский