Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of In Vitro Anti-Human Cancer Experiments Investigating the Use of 5-Aminolevulinic Acid (5-ALA) for Photodynamic Therapy

• Main Authors: Yo Shinoda (Author), Daitetsu Kato (Author), Ryosuke Ando (Author), Hikaru Endo (Author), Tsutomu Takahashi (Author), Yayoi Tsuneoka (Author), Yasuyuki Fujiwara (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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5-Aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) is an amino acid derivative and a precursor of protoporphyrin IX (PpIX). The photophysical feature of PpIX is clinically used in photodynamic diagnosis (PDD) and photodynamic therapy (PDT). These clinical applications are potentially based on in vitro cell culture exper...