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Curcumin Encapsulated Micellar Nanoplatform for Blue Light Emitting Diode Induced Apoptosis as a New Class of Cancer Therapy

  • Berwin Singh Swami Vetha
  • , Eun Mi Kim
  • , Phil Sun Oh
  • , Suhn Hee Kim
  • , Seok Tae Lim
  • , Myung Hee Sohn
  • , Hwan Jeong Jeong*
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Jeonbuk National University

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Abstract

Blue light emitting diode (BLED) were known to inhibit cancer proliferation and induced apoptotic cell death by increasing intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) and caspase activation. However, not many attempts were made to study the naturally occurring photosensitizer molecule (PS) curcuminoids (CUR) mediated blue light emitting diode induced photodynamic therapy (BLED-PDT). Here, we demonstrated the use of pluronic F127 nanoplatform as a novel BLED-PDT based system for anticancer therapy. Aqueous soluble F127-CUR was proven to significantly mediate BLED-PDT, we anticipate that F127-CUR combined with BLED to induce BLED-PDT could be a promising cancer treatment modality.[Figure not available: see fulltext.].

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1179-1184
Number of pages6
JournalMacromolecular Research
Volume27
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - 2019.12.1

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

  • anti-cancer
  • BLED-PDT
  • micelles
  • photodynamic therapy

Quacquarelli Symonds(QS) Subject Topics

  • Materials Science
  • Engineering - Petroleum
  • Engineering - Chemical
  • Chemistry

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