5-Aminolevulinic acid enhances cancer radiotherapy in a mouse tumor model

5-Aminolevulinic acid (ALA) is a photosensitizer used in photodynamic therapy (PDT) because it causes preferential accumulation of protoporphyrin IX (PpIX) in tumor cells, where it forms singlet oxygen upon light irradiation and kills the tumor cells. Our previous study demonstrated that PpIX enhanc...

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Autores principales: Takahashi, Junko, Misawa, Masaki, Murakami, Mami, Mori, Takashi, Nomura, Kazuki, Iwahashi, Hitoshi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2013
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3853190/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24324921
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2193-1801-2-602

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3853190/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24324921
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2193-1801-2-602

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