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PHOTOSENSITIZATION WITH BACTERIOCHLORINS

  • David Kessel
  • , Kevin M. Smith
  • , R. K. Pandey
  • , F. ‐Y Shiau
  • , Barbara Henderson
  • Wayne State University
  • University of California at Davis
  • Roswell Park Cancer Institute

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Abstract

Abstract— Biophysical and photobiological properties of a group of bacteriochlorins were compared with efficacy of these products for photodynamic therapy of murine tumors. Predictive factors for selective photosensitization in vivo include affinity binding to lipoproteins greater than albumin, extinction coefficient at the wavelength of irradiation and tumor/skin distribution. Efficacy was correlated with circulating plasma levels of the different sensitizers but not with the photodynamic therapy response in cell culture.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)200-203
Number of pages4
JournalPhotochemistry and Photobiology
Volume58
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 1993

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