Journal: International Journal of Pharmaceutics: X
Article Title: Synergistic photodynamic and chemodynamic therapy using hypoxia-adaptive Ce6@Co nanoparticles for enhanced tumor suppression
doi: 10.1016/j.ijpx.2025.100348
Figure Lengend Snippet: In vivo therapeutic effects of Ce6@Co nanoparticles on SCC7-tumor-bearing mice. (a) Tumor volumes of SCC7-tumor-bearing mice after PBS (control), free Ce6 (1 mg/kg) + laser irradiation, Ce6@Co nanoparticles (an equivalent Ce6 dose of 1 mg/kg), or Ce6@Co nanoparticles (an equivalent Ce6 dose of 1 mg/kg) + laser irradiation treatments. Free Ce6 and Ce6@Co nanoparticles were administered via intratumoral injection. In the two groups designated for PDT, tumors were irradiated with a 670 nm laser at 100 mW/cm 2 for 20 min, 6 h post-injection. ** p < 0.01, ***p < 0.005. (b) Tumor weight and (c) photographs of excised tumors from each treatment group at the end of the experiment. Scale bar: 1 cm. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.005. (d) Representative images of tumor tissue H&E and TUNEL staining. Nuclei are stained blue (DAPI), and apoptotic cells are stained green (TUNEL). Scale bars: 200 μm. (For interpretation of the references to colour in this figure legend, the reader is referred to the web version of this article.)
Article Snippet: Ce6 was procured from Frontier Scientific, Inc. (Logan, UT, USA).
Techniques: In Vivo, Control, Irradiation, Injection, TUNEL Assay, Staining