Oxygen Availability for Porphyrin Biosynthesis Enzymes Determines the Production of Protoporphyrin IX (PpIX) during Hypoxia

5-Aminolevulinic acid (ALA), a precursor of porphyrin, is specifically converted to the fluorescent substance protoporphyrin IX (PpIX) in tumors to be used as a prodrug for photodynamic therapy and diagnosis. Hypoxia, a common feature of solid tumors, decreases the efficacy of ALA-based photodynamic...

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Autores principales: Otsuka, Shimpei, Matsumoto, Kentaro, Nakajima, Motowo, Tanaka, Tohru, Ogura, Shun-ichiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4705112/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26717566
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0146026

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4705112/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26717566
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0146026

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