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de Melo WC, Avci P, de Oliveira MN, Gupta A, Vecchio D, Sadasivam M, Chandran R, Huang YY, Yin R, Perussi LR, Tegos GP, Perussi JR, Dai T, Hamblin MR. Photodynamic inactivation of biofilm: taking a lightly colored approach to stubborn infection. Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2013 Jul;11(7):669-93. doi: 10.1586/14787210.2013.811861. Review. PubMed PMID: 23879608; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4336791.
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Xuan W, Vatansever F, Huang L, Wu Q, Xuan Y, Dai T, Ando T, Xu T, Huang YY, Hamblin MR. Transcranial low-level laser therapy improves neurological performance in traumatic brain injury in mice: effect of treatment repetition regimen. PLoS One. 2013;8(1):e53454. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053454. Epub 2013 Jan 7. PubMed PMID: 23308226; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3538543.
Wu J, Chu Z, Ruan Z, Wang X, Dai T, Hu X. Changes of Intracellular Porphyrin, Reactive Oxygen Species, and Fatty Acids Profiles During Inactivation of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus by Antimicrobial Blue Light. Front Physiol. 2018;9:1658. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2018.01658. eCollection 2018. PubMed PMID: 30546315; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6279940.
Wang Y, Wang Y, Wang Y, Murray CK, Hamblin MR, Hooper DC, Dai T. Antimicrobial blue light inactivation of pathogenic microbes: State of the art. Drug Resist Updat. 2017 Nov;33-35:1-22. doi: 10.1016/j.drup.2017.10.002. Epub 2017 Oct 13. Review. PubMed PMID: 29145971; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5699711.
Wang Y, Ferrer-Espada R, Gu Y, Dai T. Antimicrobial Blue Light: An Alternative Therapeutic for Multidrug-Resistant Gonococcal Infections?. MOJ Sol Photoenergy Syst. 2017;1(2). doi: 10.15406/mojsp.2017.01.00009. Epub 2017 Nov 15. PubMed PMID: 31435621; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6703825.
Wang Y, Ferrer-Espada R, Baglo Y, Goh XS, Held KD, Grad YH, Gu Y, Gelfand JA, Dai T. Photoinactivation of Neisseria gonorrhoeae: A Paradigm-Changing Approach for Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Gonococcal Infection. J Infect Dis. 2019 Jul 31;220(5):873-881. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiz018. PubMed PMID: 30629196; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6667797.
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Wang Y, Harrington OD, Wang Y, Murray CK, Hamblin MR, Dai T. In Vivo Investigation of Antimicrobial Blue Light Therapy for Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Burn Infections Using Bioluminescence Imaging. J Vis Exp. 2017 Apr 28;(122). doi: 10.3791/54997. PubMed PMID: 28518072; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5523652.
Wang Y, Ferrer-Espada R, Baglo Y, Gu Y, Dai T. Antimicrobial Blue Light Inactivation of Neisseria gonorrhoeae: Roles of Wavelength, Endogenous Photosensitizer, Oxygen, and Reactive Oxygen Species. Lasers Surg Med. 2019 Nov;51(9):815-823. doi: 10.1002/lsm.23104. Epub 2019 Jun 3. PubMed PMID: 31157931; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6922002.
Wainwright M, Dai T, Hamblin MR. Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy in the colon: delivering a light punch to the guts?. Photochem Photobiol. 2011 Jul-Aug;87(4):754-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2011.00925.x. Epub 2011 Apr 12. PubMed PMID: 21418077; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3132272.
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Vecchio D, Dai T, Huang L, Fantetti L, Roncucci G, Hamblin MR. Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy with RLP068 kills methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and improves wound healing in a mouse model of infected skin abrasion PDT with RLP068/Cl in infected mouse skin abrasion. J Biophotonics. 2013 Sep;6(9):733-42. doi: 10.1002/jbio.201200121. Epub 2012 Sep 14. PubMed PMID: 22987338; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3594622.
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Tanaka M, Mroz P, Dai T, Huang L, Morimoto Y, Kinoshita M, Yoshihara Y, Shinomiya N, Seki S, Nemoto K, Hamblin MR. Linezolid and vancomycin decrease the therapeutic effect of methylene blue-photodynamic therapy in a mouse model of MRSA bacterial arthritis. Photochem Photobiol. 2013 May-Jun;89(3):679-82. doi: 10.1111/php.12040. Epub 2013 Feb 19. PubMed PMID: 23311407; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3636181.
St Denis TG, Dai T, Hamblin MR. Killing bacterial spores with blue light: when innate resistance meets the power of light. Photochem Photobiol. 2013 Jan-Feb;89(1):2-4. doi: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2012.01233.x. Epub 2012 Oct 12. PubMed PMID: 22946878; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3556167.
St Denis TG, Huang L, Dai T, Hamblin MR. Analysis of the bacterial heat shock response to photodynamic therapy-mediated oxidative stress. Photochem Photobiol. 2011 May-Jun;87(3):707-13. doi: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2011.00902.x. Epub 2011 Feb 22. PubMed PMID: 21261628; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3082629.
St Denis TG, Dai T, Izikson L, Astrakas C, Anderson RR, Hamblin MR, Tegos GP. All you need is light: antimicrobial photoinactivation as an evolving and emerging discovery strategy against infectious disease. Virulence. 2011 Nov-Dec;2(6):509-20. doi: 10.4161/viru.2.6.17889. Epub 2011 Nov 1. Review. PubMed PMID: 21971183; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3260545.
Sperandio FF, Sharma SK, Wang M, Jeon S, Huang YY, Dai T, Nayka S, de Sousa SC, Chiang LY, Hamblin MR. Photoinduced electron-transfer mechanisms for radical-enhanced photodynamic therapy mediated by water-soluble decacationic C₇₀ and C₈₄O₂ Fullerene Derivatives. Nanomedicine. 2013 May;9(4):570-9. doi: 10.1016/j.nano.2012.09.005. Epub 2012 Oct 29. PubMed PMID: 23117043; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3582824.
Sharma SK, Dai T, Kharkwal GB, Huang YY, Huang L, De Arce VJ, Tegos GP, Hamblin MR. Drug discovery of antimicrobial photosensitizers using animal models. Curr Pharm Des. 2011;17(13):1303-19. doi: 10.2174/138161211795703735. Review. PubMed PMID: 21504410; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3463379.
Sharma SK, Mroz P, Dai T, Huang YY, St Denis TG, Hamblin MR. Photodynamic Therapy for Cancer and for Infections: What Is the Difference?. Isr J Chem. 2012 Sep;52(8-9):691-705. doi: 10.1002/ijch.201100062. PubMed PMID: 23248387; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3522418.
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Narita K, Asano K, Morimoto Y, Igarashi T, Hamblin MR, Dai T, Nakane A. Disinfection and healing effects of 222-nm UVC light on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in mouse wounds. J Photochem Photobiol B. 2018 Jan;178:10-18. doi: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2017.10.030. Epub 2017 Oct 27. PubMed PMID: 29101868; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5771808.
Mushtaq S, Yasin T, Saleem M, Dai T, Yameen MA. Potentiation of Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy by Curcumin-loaded Graphene Quantum Dots. Photochem Photobiol. 2022 Jan;98(1):202-210. doi: 10.1111/php.13503. Epub 2021 Aug 25. PubMed PMID: 34382232.
Mroz P, Xia Y, Asanuma D, Konopko A, Zhiyentayev T, Huang YY, Sharma SK, Dai T, Khan UJ, Wharton T, Hamblin MR. Intraperitoneal photodynamic therapy mediated by a fullerene in a mouse model of abdominal dissemination of colon adenocarcinoma. Nanomedicine. 2011 Dec;7(6):965-74. doi: 10.1016/j.nano.2011.04.007. Epub 2011 May 19. PubMed PMID: 21645643; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3183379.
Marasini S, Leanse LG, Dai T. Can microorganisms develop resistance against light based anti-infective agents?. Adv Drug Deliv Rev. 2021 Aug;175:113822. doi: 10.1016/j.addr.2021.05.032. Epub 2021 Jun 3. Review. PubMed PMID: 34089778.
Luo S, Yang X, Wu S, Li Y, Wu J, Liu M, Liu Z, Yu K, Wang X, Dai T, Huang X, Hu X. Understanding a defensive response of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus after exposure to multiple cycles of sub-lethal blue light. FEMS Microbiol Lett. 2022 Jul 1;369(1). doi: 10.1093/femsle/fnac050. PubMed PMID: 35675215.
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Lu M, Dai T, Murray CK, Wu MX. Bactericidal Property of Oregano Oil Against Multidrug-Resistant Clinical Isolates. Front Microbiol. 2018;9:2329. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02329. eCollection 2018. PubMed PMID: 30344513; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6182053.
Lu M, Dai T, Hu S, Zhang Q, Bhayana B, Wang L, Wu MX. Antimicrobial blue light for decontamination of platelets during storage. J Biophotonics. 2020 Jan;13(1):e201960021. doi: 10.1002/jbio.201960021. Epub 2019 Aug 29. PubMed PMID: 31407467; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7083650.
Liu X, Chang Q, Ferrer-Espada R, Leanse LG, Goh XS, Wang X, Gelfand JA, Dai T. Photoinactivation of Moraxella catarrhalis Using 405-nm Blue Light: Implications for the Treatment of Otitis Media. Photochem Photobiol. 2020 May;96(3):611-617. doi: 10.1111/php.13241. Epub 2020 Apr 24. PubMed PMID: 32105346; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10125262.
Leanse LG, Harrington OD, Fang Y, Ahmed I, Goh XS, Dai T. Evaluating the Potential for Resistance Development to Antimicrobial Blue Light (at 405 nm) in Gram-Negative Bacteria: In vitro and in vivo Studies. Front Microbiol. 2018;9:2403. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02403. eCollection 2018. PubMed PMID: 30459719; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6232756.
Leanse LG, Goh XS, Dai T. Quinine Improves the Fungicidal Effects of Antimicrobial Blue Light: Implications for the Treatment of Cutaneous Candidiasis. Lasers Surg Med. 2020 Jul;52(6):569-575. doi: 10.1002/lsm.23180. Epub 2019 Nov 19. PubMed PMID: 31746024; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7234921.
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