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Lanthanide complexes for drug delivery and therapeutics

  • Guochen Bao*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Lanthanide complex-based medicine combining organic ligands and individual lanthanide ions is proving successful in therapeutics, especially in drug delivery, chemotherapy, and photodynamic therapy. In this review, I discuss the coordination chemistry, antenna effect, and chelating ligands of lanthanide complexes and their key features benefiting the therapeutical monitoring and performance, such as fingerprint emissions, large pseudo-Stokes’ shifts, long lifetimes, two-photon excitations and magnetic resonance responses. While illustrating their pharmaceutical applications in drug delivery, chemotherapy and photodynamic therapy, I identify the challenges and prospective opportunities in clinical translation of the lanthanide complex-based medicine.

Original languageEnglish
Article number117622
JournalJournal of Luminescence
Volume228
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2020

UN SDGs

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

  1. SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
    SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

User-Defined Keywords

  • Chemotherapy
  • Drug delivery
  • Lanthanide complex
  • Photodynamic therapy

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