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A Review on (Hydro)Porphyrin-Loaded Polymer Micelles: Interesting and Valuable Platforms for Enhanced Cancer Nanotheranostics.

Authors :
Nascimento BFO
Pereira NAM
Valente AJM
Pinho E Melo TMVD
Pineiro M
Source :
Pharmaceutics [Pharmaceutics] 2019 Feb 15; Vol. 11 (2). Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Feb 15.
Publication Year :
2019

Abstract

Porphyrins are known therapeutic agents for photodynamic therapy of cancer and also imaging agents for NIR fluorescence imaging, MRI, or PET. A combination of interesting features makes tetrapyrrolic macrocycles suitable for use as theranostic agents whose full potential can be achieved using nanocarriers. This review provides an overview on nanotheranostic agents based on polymeric micelles and porphyrins developed so far.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1999-4923
Volume :
11
Issue :
2
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Pharmaceutics
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
30769938
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics11020081