Efficacy of 5-Aminolevulinic Acid in Photodynamic Detection and Photodynamic Therapy in Veterinary Medicine

Efficacy of 5-Aminolevulinic Acid in Photodynamic Detection and Photodynamic Therapy in Veterinary Medicine

5-Aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA), a commonly used photosensitizer in photodynamic detection (PDD) and therapy (PDT), is converted in situ to the established photosensitizer protoporphyrin IX (PpIX) via the heme biosynthetic pathway. To extend 5-ALA-PDT application, we evaluated the PpIX fluorescence in...

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Main Authors: Tomohiro Osaki, Inoru Yokoe, Yuji Sunden, Urara Ota, Tomoki Ichikawa, Hideo Imazato, Takuya Ishii, Kiwamu Takahashi, Masahiro Ishizuka, Tohru Tanaka, Liming Li, Masamichi Yamashita, Yusuke Murahata, Takeshi Tsuka, Kazuo Azuma, Norihiko Ito, Tomohiro Imagawa, Yoshiharu Okamoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-04-01
Series:Cancers
Subjects:
5-aminolevulinic acid
carcinoma
cat
dog
protoporphyrin IX
sarcoma
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/11/4/495

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