Nature Communications (Oct 2022)

Synthetic biology-instructed transdermal microneedle patch for traceable photodynamic therapy

  • Gang He,
  • Yashi Li,
  • Muhammad Rizwan Younis,
  • Lian-Hua Fu,
  • Ting He,
  • Shan Lei,
  • Jing Lin,
  • Peng Huang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33837-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 18

Abstract

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An effective delivery system and imaging method for 5-Aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA)-based photodynamic therapy facilitated by the conversion of 5-ALA to protoporphyrin IX (PpIX) are lacking. Here, reversing the hypoxic tumour microenvironment can increase the in vivo biosynthesis of PpIX through the regulation of PpIX-related synthetases for traceable photodynamic therapy.