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ArticleRSC advances2024

The phototoxic effect of a gold-antibody-based nanocarrier of phthalocyanine on melanoma monolayers and tumour spheroids.

Nkune Williams Nkune, Heidi Abrahamse

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Article in RSC advances, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Targeted photodynamic therapy for MCF-7 breast cancer using antibody-conjugated, green-synthesized gold nanoparticles loaded with hypericin: a proof of concept.Photochemical & photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Nkune Williams NkuneLaser Research Centre, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Johannesburg P.O. Box 17011 Doornfontein 2028 South Africa 217078898@student.uj.ac.za habrahamse@uj.ac.za +27-11-559-655.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3746-707X
Heidi AbrahamseLaser Research Centre, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Johannesburg P.O. Box 17011 Doornfontein 2028 South Africa 217078898@student.uj.ac.za habrahamse@uj.ac.za +27-11-559-655.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5002-827X

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In recent years, photodynamic therapy (PDT) has garnered significant attention in cancer treatment due to its increased potency and non-invasiveness compared to conventional therapies. Active-targeted delivery of photosensitizers (PSs) is a mainstay strategy to significantly reduce its off-target toxicity and enhance its phototoxic efficacy. The anti-melanoma inhibitory activity (MIA) antibody is a targeting biomolecule that can be integrated into a nanocarrier system to actively target melanoma cells due to its specific binding to MIA antigens that are highly expressed on the surface of melanoma cells. Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) are excellent nanocarriers due to their ability to encapsulate a variety of therapeutics, such as PSs, and their ability to bind with targeting moieties for improved bioavailability in cancer cells. Hence, we designed a nanobioconjugate (NBC) composed of zinc phthalocyanine tetrasulfonic acid (ZnPcS

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PMID38895533
PMCPMC11184583

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