 Photosensitizing Agents
"Photosensitizing Agents" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Drugs that are pharmacologically inactive but when exposed to ultraviolet radiation or sunlight are converted to their active metabolite to produce a beneficial reaction affecting the diseased tissue. These compounds can be administered topically or systemically and have been used therapeutically to treat psoriasis and various types of neoplasms.
| Descriptor ID |
D017319
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D27.505.954.444.600 D27.505.954.600.710
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| Concept/Terms |
Photosensitizing Effect- Photosensitizing Effect
- Effect, Photosensitizing
- Photosensitizing Effects
- Effects, Photosensitizing
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| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Photosensitizing Agents" by people in Profiles.
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Shen W, Han G, Yu L, Yang S, Li X, Zhang W, Pei P. Combined Prussian Blue Nanozyme Carriers Improve Photodynamic Therapy and Effective Interruption of Tumor Metastasis. Int J Nanomedicine. 2022; 17:1397-1408.
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Lhuillier L, Ghetemme C, Boiché M, Yahia R, Houmad N, Zaidi M, Goetz C, Perone JM. Visibility and Depth of the Stromal Demarcation Line After Corneal Collagen Cross-Linking Using Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography: Comparison Between Isoosmolar and Hypoosmolar Riboflavin. Cornea. 2018 May; 37(5):567-573.
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Soleimani H, Amini A, Taheri S, Sajadi E, Shafikhani S, Schuger LA, Reddy VB, Ghoreishi SK, Pouriran R, Chien S, Bayat M. The effect of combined photobiomodulation and curcumin on skin wound healing in type I diabetes in rats. J Photochem Photobiol B. 2018 Apr; 181:23-30.
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Railkar R, Krane LS, Li QQ, Sanford T, Siddiqui MR, Haines D, Vourganti S, Brancato SJ, Choyke PL, Kobayashi H, Agarwal PK. Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR)-targeted Photoimmunotherapy (PIT) for the Treatment of EGFR-expressing Bladder Cancer. Mol Cancer Ther. 2017 10; 16(10):2201-2214.
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Qiu H, Kim MM, Penjweini R, Finlay JC, Busch TM, Wang T, Guo W, Cengel KA, Simone CB, Glatstein E, Zhu TC. A Comparison of Dose Metrics to Predict Local Tumor Control for Photofrin-mediated Photodynamic Therapy. Photochem Photobiol. 2017 07; 93(4):1115-1122.
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