The effect of iron ion on the specificity of photodynamic therapy with 5-aminolevulinic acid

Recently, photodynamic therapy using 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA-PDT) has been widely used in cancer therapy. ALA administration results in tumor-selective accumulation of the photosensitizer protoporphyrin IX (PpIX) via the heme biosynthetic pathway. Although ALA-PDT has selectivity for tumor cells,...

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Veröffentlicht in:PloS one 2015-03, Vol.10 (3), p.e0122351-e0122351
Hauptverfasser: Hayashi, Maiko, Fukuhara, Hideo, Inoue, Keiji, Shuin, Taro, Hagiya, Yuichiro, Nakajima, Motowo, Tanaka, Tohru, Ogura, Shun-ichiro
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