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ArticleMethods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)2022

Controlling Immunoregulatory Cell Activity for Effective Photodynamic Therapy of Cancer.

Mladen Korbelik, Zdzislaw M Szulc, Alicja Bielawska, Duska Separovic

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Article in Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Enhancing antitumour immunity with photodynamic therapy.Photochemical & photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Mladen KorbelikDepartment of Integrative Oncology, BC Cancer Research Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC, Canada. mkorbelik@bccrc.ca.
Zdzislaw M SzulcDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA.
Alicja BielawskaDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA.
Duska SeparovicDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA.

Funding

Sphingolipids in Cell Death after PhotodamageR01CA077475 · NCI · WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY · PI SEPAROVIC, DUSKA M · 2005 to 2012
$1.6M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA077475
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recently, it has become clear that a prerequisite requirement for most cancer therapies is controlling the negative impact of the activity of immunosuppressory cell populations. It is therefore of a considerable interest to develop treatments for containing the operation of major myeloid and lymphoid immunoregulatory cell populations. We have reported that acid ceramidase inhibitor LCL521 effectively overrides the activity of immunoregulatory T cells (Tregs) and myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) engaged in the context of tumor response to photodynamic therapy (PDT). The present communication dissects and describes in detail the procedure for the use of LCL521 as an adjuvant to PDT for improved cure rates of treated tumors based on restricting the activity of immunoregulatory cell populations.

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Myeloid-Derived Suppressor CellsNeoplasmsPhotochemotherapyHumansT-LymphocytesCeramidaseImmunoregulatory cell populationsLCL521Photodynamic therapyTumor response

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