Photodynamic action of merocyanine 540 in artificial bilayers and natural membranes action spectra and quantum yields

Further evidence on the photodynamic and the novel non-photodynamic inactivation of uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase by uroporphyrin I. Afonso SG, Chinarro S, de Salamanca RE, Batlle AM. Centro de Investigaciones sobre Porfirinas y Porfirias (CIPYP), University of Buenos Aires, Argentine. The action of uroporphyrin I (URO I) on the activity of red cell uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase (URO-D) in the dark and under UV light was studied. Light-dependent-and light-independent inactivation was observed. Both effects increased at increasing concentra...

Sylvius Laboratories, Department of Medical Biochemistry, Leiden, The Netherlands.

Sylvius Laboratories, Department of Medical Biochemistry, Leiden, The Netherlands.

[Clinical use of photodynamic therapy in gynecologic tumor patients--antibody-targeted photodynamic laser therapy as a new oncologic treatment procedure] [Article in German] Schmidt S, Wagner U, Oehr P, Krebs D. Universit?ts-Frauenklinik, Universit?t Bonn. The clinical report addresses the first application of a antibody-targeted photodynamic laser therapy with Phthalocyanines. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been proposed as a further treatment modality in oncology. The concept of PDT is based on the interaction between a dye which is a...

Institute of Urology, University College and Middlesex School of Medicine, London.

Institute of Urology, University College and Middlesex School of Medicine, London.

Photodynamic therapy. Wieman TJ, Fingar VH. Division of Surgical Oncology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Kentucky. Photodynamic therapy is an experimental method for treating malignant tumors. Injection of a tumor-localizing and photosensitizing agent and its subsequent activation by an appropriate wavelength of light can lead to tumor destruction, apparently through disruption of the vascular integrity of the neoplasm. The mechanism by which the blood vessels are destroyed appears to involve damage to the endothelium and rele...

Photodynamic therapy for cancer. Abulafi AM, Williams NS. PMID: 1559087 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] PMCID: PMC1881323

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Abstract Photodynamic therapy (PDT) uses a photosensitizer, light, and molecular oxygen to selectively kill cells. The expanding use of this relatively new therapeutic modality in dermatology at many centers around the world has revealed its efficacy for the treatment of skin malignancies and selected benign skin disorders. This review is focused on the development of utilizing PDT in skin diseases from bench to clinical works in Taiwan.

This is a preview of Photodynamic Photothermage Facelift by Dr. Joseph Georghy at the 2008A5M Austra...