1. UVA-Triggered Drug Release and Photo-Protection of Skin
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Vega Widya Karisma, Wei Wu, Mingxing Lei, Huawen Liu, Muhammad Farrukh Nisar, Matthew D. Lloyd, Charareh Pourzand, and Julia Li Zhong
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caged iron chelators ,drug delivery systems (DDS) ,skin photo-protection ,smart sunscreens ,up-conversion nanoparticles ,UVA-triggered drug release ,Biology (General) ,QH301-705.5 - Abstract
Light has attracted special attention as a stimulus for triggered drug delivery systems (DDS) due to its intrinsic features of being spatially and temporally tunable. Ultraviolet A (UVA) radiation has recently been used as a source of external light stimuli to control the release of drugs using a “switch on- switch off” procedure. This review discusses the promising potential of UVA radiation as the light source of choice for photo-controlled drug release from a range of photo-responsive and photolabile nanostructures via photo-isomerization, photo-cleavage, photo-crosslinking, and photo-induced rearrangement. In addition to its clinical use, we will also provide here an overview of the recent UVA-responsive drug release approaches that are developed for phototherapy and skin photoprotection.
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- 2021
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