Photodynamic therapy (PDT) combines light, a photosensitizing chemical substance, and molecular oxygen to elicit cell death and is employed in the treatment of a variety of diseases, including cancer.
Edith Alejandra Carreño +5 more
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MTT assay to evaluate the cytotoxic potential of a drug
Quantification of cell viability and proliferation form the fundamental for numerous in vitro assays in response to external factors. An MTT assay is a colorimetric assay based on assessing the cell metabolic activity.
Ashutosh Bahuguna +3 more
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Evaluating the Proliferation of Human PeripheralBlood Mononuclear Cells Using MTT Assay [PDF]
Introduction: 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2, 5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay is a safe, convenient, and low-cost technique with high applications for the measurement of cell proliferation rate in researches and clinical laboratories.
Nada Molaae +4 more
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The MTT Assay: Utility, Limitations, Pitfalls, and Interpretation in Bulk and Single-Cell Analysis. [PDF]
The MTT assay for cellular metabolic activity is almost ubiquitous to studies of cell toxicity; however, it is commonly applied and interpreted erroneously.
Ghasemi M +3 more
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Aim: The aim of this study was to compare the cytotoxic effect of calcium silicate-based Bio-C, CeraSeal, and mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA)-based (MTA-Fillapex) sealers to a widely used resin-based sealer (AH Plus) using 3-(4, 5 dimethythiazol-2yl)-2,
Kumar A +5 more
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Evaluation of the Cytotoxicity of a Newly Developed Obturating Material for Pulpectomy in Primary Teeth Using Embryonic Toxicology, Brine Shrimp Lethality, and MTT Assay: An In Vitro Study. [PDF]
Fathima J N +6 more
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Cytotoxicity of some 1-(2,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-3-(4-phenylpiperidin-1-yl) prop-2-en-1-one derivatives using MTT assay [PDF]
Some N-substituted piperidine structures were synthesized and evaluated for cytotoxic activity against four different cell lines using the standard MTT assay method and Doxorubicin was used as the reference drug.
Farzaneh Fesahat +5 more
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Mitochondrial biogenesis and metabolic hyperactivation limits the application of MTT assay in the estimation of radiation induced growth inhibition. [PDF]
Metabolic viability based high throughput assays like MTT and MTS are widely used in assessing the cell viability. However, alteration in both mitochondrial content and metabolism can influence the metabolic viability of cells and radiation is a ...
Rai Y +8 more
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In vitro Cell Viability by CellProfiler® Software as Equivalent to MTT Assay. [PDF]
Objective: This study evaluated in vitro cell viability by the colorimetric MTT stands for 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (3-(4, 5-dimethylthiazolyl-2)-2, 5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide) (3-(4, 5-dimethylthiazolyl-2)-2, 5 ...
Gasparini LS +9 more
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Effects of E407a on the viability, metabolic and functional activity of dermal fibroblasts [PDF]
Aim. To evaluate the effects of semi-refined carrageenan (E407a) on the viability, metabolic and functional activity of skin fibroblasts in vitro. Materials and methods.
Anton Tkachenko +3 more
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