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. 2017 Aug 11;8(46):81591–81603. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.20189

Table 3. The second generation photosensitizers and their targets.

Photosensitizer Wavelength Targets Authors Year
Benzoporphyrin derivative monoacid ring A (BPD-MA), vertoporfin 689 nm Subjects with non-facial PWS Tournas JA, Lai J, Truitt A et al. [33]. 2009
Tumor tissue in a mouse tumor model Richter AM, Waterfield E, Jain AK et al. [97]. 1993
Meso-tetrakis (4-sulfonatophenyl) porphyrin (TPPS) Osteosarcoma cells Duchi S, Sotgiu G, Lucarelli E et al. [98]. 2013
N-aspartyl chlorin e6, NPe6 660 nm 7 patients with bile duct carcinoma Nanashima A, Abo T, Nonaka T, et al.[99]. 2012
Aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) 635 nm 9 patients with deep-seated contrast enhancing brain tumors Rapp M, Kamp M, Steiger HJ, et al. [100]. 2014
Patients with suspected malignant gliomas Díez Valle R, Slof J, Galván J, et al.[101]. 2014
Temoporfin or m-THPC (Foscan(®)) 652 nm Rat model employing a radioactive lipid label and (14)C-temoporfin. Decker C, Schubert H, May S, et al. [102]. 2013
TSPP Wistar male rats bearing 256 Walker carcinosarcoma Clichici S, Filip A, Daicoviciu D, et al. [28]. 2010
HPPH Mice and rat tumor models Spernyak J A, White III W H, Ethirajan M, et al. [103]. 2010