Modulation of ROS production in photodynamic therapy using a pH controlled photoinduced electron transfer (PET) based sensitiser

Jordan Atchison, Sukanta Kamila, Conor McEwan, Heather Nesbitt, James Davis, Colin Fowley, Bridgeen Callan, Anthony P. McHale, John F. Callan

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Abstract

A new sensitiser (4) for use in photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been developed to enable control of ROS production as a function of pH. This pH dependent PDT behaviour was tested in HeLa cells and in SCID mice bearing human xenograft pancreatic cancer (BxPC-3) tumours.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)16832-16835
Number of pages4
JournalChemical Communications
Volume51
Issue number94
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 30 Sep 2015
Externally publishedYes

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