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ArticleJournal of Huazhong University of Science and Technology. Medical sciences = Hua zhong ke ji da xue xue bao. Yi xue Ying De wen ban = Huazhong keji daxue xuebao. Yixue Yingdewen ban2015

Photodynamic therapy mediated by 5-aminolevulinic acid suppresses gliomas growth by decreasing the microvessels.

Wei Yi, Hai-Tao Xu, Dao-Feng Tian, Li-Quan Wu, Shen-Qi Zhang, Long Wang, Bao-Wei Ji, Xiao-Nan Zhu, Humphrey Okechi, Gang Liu and 1 more

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Article in Journal of Huazhong University of Science and Technology. Medical sciences = Hua zhong ke ji da xue xue bao. Yi xue Ying De wen ban = Huazhong keji daxue xuebao. Yixue Yingdewen ban, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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10citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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11 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Wei YiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430060, China.
Hai-Tao XuDepartment of Neurosurgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430060, China.
Dao-Feng TianDepartment of Neurosurgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430060, China.
Li-Quan WuDepartment of Neurosurgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430060, China.
Shen-Qi ZhangDepartment of Neurosurgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430060, China.
Long WangDepartment of Neurosurgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430060, China.
Bao-Wei JiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430060, China.
Xiao-Nan ZhuDepartment of Neurosurgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430060, China.
Humphrey OkechiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430060, China.
Gang LiuDepartment of Neurosurgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430060, China.
Qian-Xue ChenDepartment of Neurosurgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430060, China. chenqx666@sohu.com.
Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University · CNWuhan University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA)-mediated photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been demonstrated to be a novel and effective therapeutic modality for some human malignancies, its effect and mechanism on glioma are still controversial. Previous studies have reported that 5-ALA-PDT induced necrosis of C6 rat glioma cells in vitro. The aim of this study was to further investigate the effect and mechanism of 5-ALA-PDT on C6 gliomas implanted in rats in vivo. Twenty-four rats bearing similar size of subcutaneously implanted C6 rat glioma were randomly divided into 3 groups: receiving 5-ALA-PDT (group A), laser irradiation (group B), and mock procedures but without any treatment (group C), respectively. The growth, histology, microvessel density (MVD), and apoptosis of the grafts in each group were determined after the treatments. As compared with groups B and C, the volume of tumor grafts was significantly reduced (P<0.05), MVD was significantly decreased (P<0.001), and the cellular necrosis was obviously increased in group A. There was no significant difference in apoptosis among the three groups. The in vivo studies confirmed that 5-ALA-PDT may be an effective treatment for gliomas by inhibiting the tumor growth. The mechanism underlying may involve increasing the cellular necrosis but not inducing the cellular apoptosis, which may result from the destruction of the tumor microvessels.

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PhotochemotherapyAminolevulinic AcidAnimalsBrain NeoplasmsCell Line, TumorGliomaMicrovesselsPhotosensitizing AgentsRatsRats, WistarXenograft Model Antitumor AssaysAminolevulinic AcidPhotosensitizing Agents

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