pH effects on the cellular uptake of four photosensitizing drugs evaluated for use in photodynamic therapy of cancer

Cancer Letters

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 73-80

  Friberg, Eva G ^a,b,d   Čunderlíková, Beata ^a,c   Pettersen, Erik O ^b   Moan, Johan ^a,b  

^a Center of Clinical Epidemiology   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c INTERNATIONAL LASER CENTER   (Slovakia)

^d NORWEGIAN RADIATION PROTECTION AUTHORITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cellular uptake; Disulfonated meso tetraphenylporphine; Hematoporphyrin IX; Meso tetra(3 Hydroxyphenyl)chlorine; Meso tetra(3 Hydroxyphenyl)porphine; Photodynamic therapy

Indexed keywords

HEMATOPORPHYRIN; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; TETRAKIS(3 HYDROXYPHENYL)CHLORIN; TETRAKIS(3 HYDROXYPHENYL)PORPHINE; TETRAPHENYLPORPHINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CANCER THERAPY; CELL ASSAY; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG SELECTIVITY; DRUG UPTAKE; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INCUBATION TIME; LIPOPHILICITY; PH; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0038059293     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3835(03)00150-2     Document Type: Article

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