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Massively Evoking Immunogenic Cell Death by Focused Mitochondrial Oxidative Stress using an AIE Luminogen with a Twisted Molecular Structure

Nankai University · State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology · +5 more institutions

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Abstract

Immunogenic cell death (ICD) provides momentous theoretical principle for modern cancer immunotherapy. However, the currently available ICD inducers are still very limited and photosensitizer-based ones can hardly induce sufficient ICD to achieve satisfactory cancer immunotherapy by themselves. Herein, an organic photosensitizer (named TPE-DPA-TCyP) with a twisted molecular structure, strong aggregation-induced emission activity, and specific ability is reported for effectively inducing focused mitochondrial oxidative stress of cancer cells, which can serve as a much superior ICD inducer to the popularly used ones, including chlorin e6 (Ce6), pheophorbide A, and oxaliplatin. Furthermore, more effective in vivo…

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Keywords
  • Photosensitizer
  • Immunogenicity
  • Programmed cell death
  • Oxidative stress
  • Immunogenic cell death
  • In vivo
  • Immune system
  • Materials science
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Good health and well-being
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