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. 2021 Nov 10;13(22):5613. doi: 10.3390/cancers13225613
Abbreviations Full names
α-SMA α smooth muscle actin
ALA 5-aminolevulinic acid
BD Bowen’s Disease
CAFs Cancer-associated Fibroblasts
CM Conditioned Medium
cSCC Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma
DHF-DA Dihydro-fluorescein diacetate
DMEM Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium
ECM Extracellular Matrix
EMT Epithelium-to-mesenchymal transition
FBS Fetal Bovine Serum
HO-1 Heme oxygenase-1
IF Indirect Immunofluorescence
MAL Methyl 5-aminolevulinate
PDT Photodynamic therapy
PpIX Protoporphirin IX
R-BD Resistant to PDT Bowen Disease
SBE Small Binding Elements
TGFβ1 Transforming growth factor β1
TβRII TGFβ1 type II receptor
TβRI TGFβ1 type I receptor
TME Tumor microenvironment
WB Western blot