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Photosensitizing Agents

Known as: Agents, Photosensitizing, Photosensitizing Agent, Photosensitizers 
Drugs that are pharmacologically inactive but when exposed to ultraviolet radiation or sunlight are converted to their active metabolite to produce a… 
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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Dye-Sensitized TiO2 Nanotube Solar Cells with Markedly Enhanced Performance via Rational Surface Engineering
Highly ordered anodic TiO2 nanotube arrays fabricated by electrochemical anodization were sensitized with ruthenium dye N-719 to… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Polymeric nanoparticle preparation that eradicates tumors.
We report the production of poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) nanoparticles that encapsulate the photosensitizer meso… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Ultraviolet A irradiation induces NF-E2-related factor 2 activation in dermal fibroblasts: protective role in UVA-induced apoptosis.
Ultraviolet (UV) radiation is one of the most important environmental factors involved in the pathogenesis of skin aging and… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Synthesis, photophysical properties, tumor uptake, and preliminary in vivo photosensitizing efficacy of a homologous series of 3-(1'-alkyloxy)ethyl-3-devinylpurpurin-18-N-alkylimides with variable…
Starting from methylpheophorbide-a, a homologous series of purpurinimides containing alkyl substituents at two different… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Dissociation of mitochondrial depolarization from cytochrome c release during apoptosis induced by photodynamic therapy
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) with the phthalocyanine photosensitizer Pc 4 induces rapid apoptosis in mouse lymphoma (LY-R) cells… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
The Extremely Conserved pyroA Gene ofAspergillus nidulans Is Required for Pyridoxine Synthesis and Is Required Indirectly for Resistance to Photosensitizers*
Numerous disparate studies in plants, filamentous fungi, yeast, Archaea, and bacteria have identified one of the most highly… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Molecular Engineering of Photosensitizers for Nanocrystalline Solar Cells: Synthesis and Characterization of Ru Dyes Based on Phosphonated Terpyridines.
We report the results of an investigation on the preparation, spectral, and photoelectrochemical properties of Ru(II)-polypyridyl… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Evaluation of a new photosensitizer, meso‐tetra‐hydroxyphenyl‐chlorin, for use in photodynamic therapy: A comparison of its photobiological properties with those of two other photosensitizers
The properties of a new photosensitizer, meso‐tetra‐hydroxyphenyl‐chlorin (mTHPC), were studied using V79 cells (Chinese‐hamster… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
CHLORIN AND PORPHYRIN DERIVATIVES AS POTENTIAL PHOTOSENSITIZERS IN PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY
Abstract— In order to find a photosensitizer with better optical properties and pharmacokinetics than Photofrin II, a series of… 
Review
1989
Review
1989
Modified porphyrins, chlorins, phthalocyanines, and purpurins: second-generation photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy.
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