| Literature DB >> 28456749 |
Shadab Md1, Shadabul Haque2, Thiagarajan Madheswaran3, Farrukh Zeeshan3, Venkata Srikanth Meka3, Ammu K Radhakrishnan4, Prashant Kesharwani5.
Abstract
Topical photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a non-invasive technique used in the treatment of malignant and non-malignant skin diseases. It offers great promise because of its simplicity, enhanced patient compliance, localisation of the photosensitizer, as well as the use of light and oxygen to achieve photocytotoxicity. Despite progress in photosensitizer-mediated topical PDT, its clinical application is limited by poor penetration of photosensitizers through the skin. Therefore, much effort has been made to develop nanocarriers that can tackle the challenges of conventional photosensitizer-mediated PDT for topical delivery. This review discusses recent data on the use of different types of lipid-based nanocarriers in delivering photosensitizer for topical PDT.Entities:
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Year: 2017 PMID： 28456749 DOI： 10.1016/j.drudis.2017.04.010
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Drug Discov Today ISSN： 1359-6446 Impact factor: 7.851