Novel photosensitizers trigger rapid death of malignant human cells and rodent tumor transplants via lipid photodamage and membrane permeabilization.

BACKGROUND: Apoptotic cascades may frequently be impaired in tumor cells; therefore, the approaches to circumvent these obstacles emerge as important therapeutic modalities. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Our novel derivatives of chlorin e(6), that is, its amide (compound 2) and boronated amide (co...

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Main Authors: Mikhail M Moisenovich, Valentina A Ol'shevskaya, Tatyana I Rokitskaya, Alla A Ramonova, Roza G Nikitina, Arina N Savchenko, Victor V Tatarskiy, Mikhail A Kaplan, Valery N Kalinin, Elena A Kotova, Oleg V Uvarov, Igor I Agapov, Yuri N Antonenko, Alexander A Shtil
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2939899?pdf=render