Photodynamic effects on nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) cells with 5-aminolevulinic acid or its hexyl ester

Cancer Letters

Volumn 242, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 112-119

  Wu, R W K ^a,b   Chu, E S M ^b   Yow, C M N ^b   Chen, J Y ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

5 Aminolevulinic acid hexyl ester; Metastasis; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Photodynamic therapy

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID HEXYL ESTER; GELATINASE A; PROTOPORPHYRIN; TUMOR MARKER;

AGED; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CARCINOMA CELL; CASE REPORT; CELL DEATH; CHINESE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; MALE; METASTASIS; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PHOTODYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; APOPTOSIS; CARCINOMA; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 2; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS;

EID: 33749243912     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2005.10.048     Document Type: Article

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