Nature Communications (Aug 2022)

Organic phosphorescent nanoscintillator for low-dose X-ray-induced photodynamic therapy

  • Xiao Wang,
  • Wenjing Sun,
  • Huifang Shi,
  • Huili Ma,
  • Guowei Niu,
  • Yuxin Li,
  • Jiahuan Zhi,
  • Xiaokang Yao,
  • Zhicheng Song,
  • Lei Chen,
  • Shi Li,
  • Guohui Yang,
  • Zixing Zhou,
  • Yixiao He,
  • Shuli Qu,
  • Min Wu,
  • Zhu Zhao,
  • Chengzhu Yin,
  • Chongyang Lin,
  • Jia Gao,
  • Qiuying Li,
  • Xu Zhen,
  • Lin Li,
  • Xiaoyuan Chen,
  • Xiaogang Liu,
  • Zhongfu An,
  • Hongmin Chen,
  • Wei Huang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32054-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Conventional X-ray-induced photodynamic therapy usually requires heavy-metal-containing inorganic scintillators and organic photosensitizers to generate singlet oxygen. Here, the authors develop an organic phosphorescent nanoscintillator for low-dose X-ray-induced photodynamic therapy of deep tumours.