Pulsed laser light forces cancer cells to absorb anticancer drugs - The role of water in nanomedicine

Artificial Cells, Blood Substitutes, and Biotechnology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 169-173

  Sommer, Andrei P ^a   Zhu, Dan ^a   Mester, Adam R ^b   Föarsterling, Horst Dieter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b Péterfy Sándor Hospital   (Hungary)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

cancer; cells; cytostatic; cytotoxic; intracellular interfaces; laser; light emitting diodes; transmembrane convection

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CYTOSTATIC; CYTOTOXIC; INTRACELLULAR INTERFACES; TRANSMEMBRANES;

CHEMOTHERAPY; DISEASES; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; MEDICAL NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PULSED LASERS;

CELLS;

EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; POLYPHENOL; WATER;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; HELA CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; IRRADIATION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; MACROMOLECULE; NANOMEDICINE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL GROWTH PROCESSES; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; NANOMEDICINE; NEOPLASMS; WATER;

EID: 79956159568     PISSN: 10731199     EISSN: 15324184     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10731199.2010.516262     Document Type: Article

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