Mechanistic investigation of photodynamic therapy using Visudyne in human KB carcinoma cells

Photodynamic therapy is a therapy that utilizes a specialized drug, a photosensitizer, which is not toxic by itself, but upon activation with light, is activated and leads to the production of singlet oxygen species. This production of singlet oxygen species starts a cascade that leads to cell death...

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Main Authors: Sakkarapalayam M. Mahalingam, Natarajan Arumugam, Ling Shing Wong, Anto Cordelia Tanislaus Antony Dhanapal, Sinouvassane Djearamane
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-11-01
Series:Journal of King Saud University: Science
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1018364723003336