JA Clinical Reports, 2020 Background 5-Aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) is useful as a photodynamic agent, but its use commonly leads to hypotension. Although avoiding a mean arterial pressure (MAP) < 60 mmHg is important, the incidence of MAP < 60 mmHg when using 5-ALA is unclear ...
Tomoaki Yatabe +8 more
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Modulation of 5-Aminolevulinic acid mediated photodynamic therapy induced cell death in a human lung adenocarcinoma cell line [PDF]
, 2016 Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a cancer treatment involving the administration of a photosensitising drug which selectively accumulates in tumor tissue, followed by irradiation with appropriate wavelength light.
Battle, A. +3 more
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Photodynamic therapy of prostate cancer by means of 5-aminolevulinic acid-induced protoporphyrin IX - In vivo experiments on the dunning rat tumor model [PDF]
, 2004 Objective: In order to expand the use of photodynamic therapy (PDT) in the treatment of prostate carcinoma (PCA), the aim of this study was to evaluate PDT by means of 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA)-induced protoporphyrin IX ( PPIX) in an in vivo tumor ...
Baumgartner, Reinhold +12 more
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Erythrocytes as Carriers of Therapeutic Enzymes. [PDF]
, 2020 Therapeutic enzymes are administered for the treatment of a wide variety of diseases. They exert their effects through binding with a high affinity and specificity to disease-causing substrates to catalyze their conversion to a non-noxious product, to ...
Bax, BE
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The current diagnosis of superficial bladder cancer must be reconsidered [PDF]
, 2002 The high recurrence and progression rates in superficial bladder cancer are partially related to the deficiencies of the standard conventional diagnostic modalities.
Hofstetter, Alfons, Zaak, Dirk
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Systems metabolic engineering of Escherichia coli for hyper-production of 5‑aminolevulinic acid
Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts, 2023 Background 5-Aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) is a promising biostimulant, feed nutrient, and photodynamic drug with wide applications in modern agriculture and therapy.
Wei Pu +13 more
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Kinetics of 5-aminolevulinic acid-induced fluorescence in organ cultures of bronchial epithelium and tumor [PDF]
, 2002 Background: 5-Aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA)-induced protoporphyrin IX (PPIX) fluorescence improves the differentiation of tumor and normal tissue in the bladder, skin and brain. Objective: The kinetics of 5-ALA-induced protoporphyrin IX (PPIX) fluorescence
Al-Batran, Salah +8 more
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Pain in photodynamic therapy [PDF]
, 2016 Photodynamic therapy is a modern treatment with applications in several medical specialties, which has been intensely studied in the last years. The main indications in dermatology are actinic keratosis, superficial basal cell carcinoma and Bowen\u27s ...
Benea, Vasile +6 more
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Acute Hepatic Porphyrias: Review and Recent Progress. [PDF]
, 2019 The acute hepatic porphyrias (AHPs) are a group of four inherited diseases of heme biosynthesis that present with episodic, acute neurovisceral symptoms.
Andant +40 more
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Laser-induced generation of singlet oxygen and its role in the cerebrovascular physiology [PDF]
, 2017 For over 55 years, laser technology has expanded from laboratory research to widespread fields, for example telecommunication and data storage amongst others.
Bragina, O. A. +7 more
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