Open AccessIn vitro and in vivo targeted delivery of photosensitizers to the tumor cells for enhanced photodynamic effects
Author(s) -
Seema Gupta,
Bilikere S. Dwarakanath,
N. K. Chaudhury,
Anil K. Mishra,
K. Muralidhar,
Varsha Jain
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.87035
Subject(s) - photodynamic therapy , biodistribution , photosensitizer , hematoporphyrin , in vivo , chemistry , conjugated system , glioma , liposome , cancer research , in vitro , biophysics , medicine , biochemistry , photochemistry , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , organic chemistry , polymer
Efficacy of photodynamic therapy can be enhanced by improving uptake, localization, and sub-cellular localization of sensitizers at the sensitive targets.