Intra-arterial drug and light delivery for photodynamic therapy using Visudyne®: implication for atherosclerotic plaque treatment

Photodynamic therapy (PDT), which is based on the activation of photosensitizers with light, can be used to reduce plaque burden. We hypothesized that intra-arterial photosensitizer administration and photo-activation will lead to high and rapid accumulation within the plaque with reduced systemic a...

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Main Authors: Manish Jain, Matthieu Zellweger, Aurélien Frobert, Jérémy Valentin, Hubert van den Bergh, Georges Wagnières, Stéphane Cook, Marie-Noelle Giraud
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphys.2016.00400/full