Lovastatin potentiates the photocytotoxic effect of photofrin II delivered to HT29 human colonic adenocarcinoma cells by low density lipoprotein.

abstract：:The ultraviolet (UV) component of solar radiation is the driving force of life on earth, but it can cause photoaging and skin cancer. In this study, we investigated the effects of the glucosamine-derivative 2-(N-Acetyl)-L-phenylalanylamido-2-deoxy-β-D-glucose (NAPA) on human primary fibroblasts (FBs) stimulated in vit...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Lopreiato M,Cocchiola R,Falcucci S,Leopizzi M,Cardone M,Di Maio V,Brocco U,D'Orazi V,Calvieri S,Scandurra R,De Marco F,Scotto d'Abusco A

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biophysical and photobiological properties of a group of bacteriochlorins were compared with efficacy of these products for photodynamic therapy of murine tumors. Predictive factors for selective photosensitization in vivo include affinity binding to lipoproteins greater than albumin, extinction coefficient at the wav...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Kessel D,Smith KM,Pandey RK,Shiau FY,Henderson B

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMPs) are the major endogenous regulators of metalloproteinase activity in tissues. TIMPs are able to inhibit activity of all known matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and thus participate in controlling extracellular matrix synthesis and degradation. We showed previously elevate...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Ardan T,Němcová L,Bohuslavová B,Klezlová A,Popelka Š,Studenovská H,Hrnčiarová E,Čejková J,Motlík J

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Efficacy of ionizing radiation (I/R) was compared with phototoxic effects of photodynamic therapy (PDT) in vitro using two cell lines derived from patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). A cell line derived from a donor with a human papilloma virus (HPV) infection was more responsive to I/R but si...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Kessel D,Cho WJ,Rakowski J,Kim HE,Kim HC

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Photosensitizer-functionalized reduced graphene oxide (rGO) nanoparticles are promising materials for photodynamic therapy in cancer management. In this study, rGO is synthesized by a green route employing glucose as the reducing agent and functionalized with photosensitizer, protoporphyrin IX (PPIX) in a convenient, ...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Shuvra Smita S,Das A,Barui A

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyamemazine (CMZ) is a neuroleptic drug that mediates cutaneous phototoxicity in humans. Here, the photobehavior of CMZ has been examined within α1 -acid glycoproteins, β- and γ-cyclodextrins and SDS micelles. In all these microenvironments, CMZ emission was enhanced and blue-shifted, and its lifetime was longer. Irra...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Limones-Herrero D,Pérez-Ruiz R,Jiménez MC,Miranda MA

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has previously been demonstrated that chronic low-dose solar-simulated UV radiation could induce both local and systemic immunosuppression as well as tolerance to a topically applied hapten. In this study, we have used a chronic low-dose UV-irradiation protocol to investigate the effects of UVA on the skin immune s...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Bestak R,Halliday GM

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper focuses on the estimation of the UV Index (UVI) for all sky conditions using a simple analytical parameterization involving three independent variables: the solar zenith angle, the total ozone column and the clearness index. Measurements of the UVI made at Badajoz and Cáceres (Southwestern Spain) from Janua...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Antón M,Serrano A,Cancillo ML,García JA,Madronich S

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Excessive sun exposure can cause sunburn, suntan, skin photoaging, and even skin cancer. Skin photoaging conflicts with the human pursuit of a young and beautiful appearance. Some research data indicate that the incidence of skin cancer in the Chinese has been increasing, although it remains lower than in whites. To e...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Wan M,Hu R,Li Y,Wang Y,Xie X,Yue P,Guan L,Lai W

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are controversial reports in the literature concerning the reactivity of singlet oxygen ((1)O(2)) with the redox probe 2',7'-dichlorodihydrofluorescein (DCFH). By carefully preparing solutions in which (1)O(2) is quantitatively generated in the presence of DCFH, we were able to show that the formation rate of th...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Daghastanli NA,Itri R,Baptista MS

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cis-urocanic acid (UCA), formed in the epidermis by UV irradiation of trans-UCA, has been implicated as a mediator of the immunosuppression induced by UV exposure of the skin. This review covers recent work in which the wavelength dependence of cis-UCA formation, the interaction of UCA isomers with DNA, the effects of...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Norval M,Gibbs NK,Gilmour J

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An approximate formula for the UV Index (UVI) under cloud-free, unpolluted, low surface albedo conditions is: UVI approximately 12.5mu(o)(2.42)(Omega/300)(-1.23) where mu(o) is the cosine of the solar zenith angle and Omega is the total vertical ozone column (in Dobson Units, DU). The dependence on mu(o) and Omega is ...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Madronich S

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel Cs0.33 WO3 /LDHs (CWLDH) composite was synthesized by simple two steps solvothermal method and first investigated as the photocatalyst for tetracycline (TC) and Congo red (CR) degradation under visible light irradiation. The CWLDH heterostructures catalysts were characterized by XRD, UV-Vis, SEM, XPS and BET. ...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Zhang D,Ji T,Yu J,Jiang X,Jiao F

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) have a high prevalence of UV radiation-responsive skin diseases including psoriasis, pruritus, eosinophilic folliculitis and eczemas. On the other hand, UV has been shown to suppress T cell-mediated immune responses and to induce activation and replication of H...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Adams ML,Houpt KR,Cruz PD Jr

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Time-resolved reflectance and transmittance spectroscopy was applied to measure in vivo the absorption and transport scattering spectra of the female breast from 610 to 1010 nm. Three measurement configurations were used to probe different breast regions, and data were collected two or three times in each of the five ...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Cubeddu R,D'Andrea C,Pifferi A,Taroni P,Torricelli A,Valentini G

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The photoprocesses of berberine, palmatine, coralyne, sanguinarine, flavopereirine and ellipticine were studied in several solvents. The quantum yields Φ(Δ) of singlet molecular oxygen formation of berberine, palmatine and sanguinarine are moderate in dichloromethane (0.2-0.6) and much smaller in acetonitrile or trifl...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Görner H,Miskolczy Z,Megyesi M,Biczók L

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reported that the efficacy of photodynamic therapy (PDT) in cell culture was enhanced by ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA), a nontoxic bile acid. In this study, we examined the ability of UDCA to promote tumor control by PDT in the mouse, using the radiation-induced fibrosarcoma tumor and the photosensitizing ...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Garbo GM,Vicente MG,Fingar V,Kessel D

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The synthesis, characterization and photophysical properties of two perfluoroalkyl (5,10,15,20-tetrakis-[trifluoromethyl]- and [heptafluoropropyl]-porphyrin) and two perfluoroaryl (5,10,15,20-tetrakis-[2,6-difluorophenyl]- and [pentafluorophenyl]-porphyrin) are described, with reference to their potential in both phot...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Grancho JC,Pereira MM,Miguel Mda G,Rocha GA,Burrows HD

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have used the complex of antigen with class II major histocompatibility proteins (Ia) in membrane-bound form to target a phototoxic compound to antigen-specific T cell hybridomas in vitro. The iodoacetamidyl ester of phototoxic pyrene was bound covalently to antigen-presenting cells (APC), and protein antigens were...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Chang NH,Rayner DC,Boggs JM

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we aimed to analyze the effects of low-level laser therapy (LLLT; 660 nm) on levels of protein expression of inflammatory mediators after cutting Achilles tendon of rats. Thirty Wistar male rats underwent partial incisions of the left Achilles tendon, and were divided into three groups of 10 animals acc...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Laraia EM,Silva IS,Pereira DM,dos Reis FA,Albertini R,de Almeida P,Leal Junior EC,de Tarso Camillo de Carvalho P

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of phosphorescence lifetimes using the Stern-Volmer equation is a reliable means of determining quencher concentration for a uniform sample. Methods of analysis for heterogeneous systems are based on the assumption that the excitation is produced by a momentary flash. This condition is an idealization because...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Golub AS,Popel AS,Zheng L,Pittman RN

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schinus terebinthifolius is a plant rich in phenolic compounds, which have antioxidant properties and can provide new opportunities for treatment and prevention of diseases mediated by ultraviolet radiation like photoaging and skin cancer. The aim of this study was to evaluate the photoprotective potential and ex vivo...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Bulla MK,Hernandes L,Baesso ML,Nogueira AC,Bento AC,Bortoluzzi BB,Serra LZ,Cortez DA

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current conditions of 2-11 kJ m(-2) day(-1) of UV-B radiation and temperatures of >30 degrees C during flowering in cotton cultivated regions are projected to increase in the future. A controlled environment study was conducted in sunlit growth chambers to determine the effects of UV-B radiation and temperature on phy...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Reddy KR,Kakani VG,Zhao D,Koti S,Gao W

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantum yields for the formation of superoxide ions, O2-., and singlet oxygen, 1O2, were determined during the photolyses of gilvocarcin M (GM) in air-saturated dry dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) and in 45:55 (vol/vol) DMSO-water mixtures. The quantum yield for the photoreduction of methyl viologen by GM in nitrogen-saturat...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Alegría AE,Zayas L,Guevara N

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Syntheses for the new photosensitizers HOSiPcOSi(CH3)2(CH2)3N(CH1)1 or 3(CH3)2, Pc 34 and Pc 25, have been developed and the order of activity of these photosensitizers and the previously reported photosensitizer Pc 4, HOSiPcOSi(CH3)2(CH2)3N(CH3)2, in the dark and with broad-band red light toward Plasmodium falciparum...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Zhao XJ,Lustigman S,Li YS,Kenney ME,Ben-Hur E

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe here the development of monoclonal antibodies to the hapten tryptophan-riboflavin, generated by irradiation of a solution of bovine serum albumin in the presence of riboflavin. The specificity of the three obtained monoclonal antibodies, named 1E6, 5H5, 5A8 all belonging to the IgG1 isotype, was assessed b...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Diaz M,Becker MI,De Ioannes AE,Silva E

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low-power lasers are commonly used in human medicine for treatment of various pathological conditions, but mechanisms of their healing effects are still poorly understood. The results of this study provide information related to these effects at the cellular level. Two different protozoan species, Euglena gracilis and...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Koutna M,Janisch R,Unucka M,Svobodnik A,Mornstein V

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A spectral resolution procedure was used to resolve the absorption, excitation and emission spectra of the fluorescein monoanion in a number of solvent-water mixtures. This permitted an analysis of the effect of the solvent environment on the spectral properties of the monoanion and on the lactone/monoanion/dianion tr...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Klonis N,Sawyer WH

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Skin cancer is the most prevalent cancer, and its assessment remains a challenge for physicians. This study reports the application of an optical sensing method, elastic scattering spectroscopy (ESS), coupled with a classifier that was developed with machine learning, to assist in the discrimination of skin lesions th...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Rodriguez-Diaz E,Manolakos D,Christman H,Bonning MA,Geisse JK,A'Amar OM,Leffell DJ,Bigio IJ

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The azide ion is a strong physical quencher of singlet molecular oxygen (1O2) and is frequently employed to show involvement of 1O2 in oxidation processes. Rate constants (k(q)) for the quenching of 1O2 by azide are routinely used as standards to calculate k(q) values for quenching by other substrates. We have measure...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Li MY,Cline CS,Koker EB,Carmichael HH,Chignell CF,Bilski P

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00