Hypericin-photodynamic therapy (PDT) using an alternative treatment regime suitable for multi-fraction PDT

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-8

  Thong, Patricia Soo Ping ^a   Watt, Frank ^b   Ren, Min Qin ^b   Tan, Puay Hoon ^c   Soo, Khee Chee ^a   Olivo, Malini ^a  

^a DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Calcium; Hypericin; Nuclear microscopy; Photodynamic therapy (PDT); Zinc

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; COPPER; EVANS BLUE; HYPERICIN; VASCULOTROPIN; ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TISSUE LEVEL; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CALCIUM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGHT; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, NUDE; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NECROSIS; OXYGEN; PERYLENE; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; TIME FACTORS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; ZINC;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 29644435112     PISSN: 10111344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2005.08.002     Document Type: Article

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