An Amphiphilic Ruthenium Polymetallodrug for Combined Photodynamic Therapy and Photochemotherapy In Vivo

Sun, Wen; Li, Shuyi; Häupler, Bernhard; Liu, Juan; Jin, Shubin; Steffen, Werner; Schubert, Ulrich S.; Butt, Hans-Jürgen; Liang, Xingjie; Wu, Si
Abstract:
An amphiphilic Ru-containing block copolymer is used as a photoactivated polymetallodrug for anticancer phototherapy. The block copolymer self-assembles into nanoparticles, which can accumulate at tumor sites in a mouse model. Red light irradiation of the block copolymer nanoparticles releases anticancer Ru complexes and generates cytotoxic 1O2, both of which can inhibit tumor growth.
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Year:
2017
Type of Publication:
Article
Journal:
Advanced Materials
Volume:
-
Number:
in Press
DOI:
10.1002/adma.201603702