Dicyanomethylene Substituted Benzothiazole Squaraines: The Efficiency of Photodynamic Therapy In Vitro and In Vivo

The lack of ideal photosensitizers limits the clinical application of photodynamic therapy (PDT). Here we report the PDT efficiency of dicyanomethylene substituted benzothiazole squaraine derivatives. This class of squaraine derivatives possess strong absorption and long excitation and emission wave...

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Main Authors: Yongbiao Wei, Xiaoxiao Hu, Luyao Shen, Bing Jin, Xiangjun Liu, Weihong Tan, Dihua Shangguan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-09-01
Series:EBioMedicine
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352396417303274