photofrin

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photofrin (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of porfimer sodium
    • 2015 July 17, Michaela Riethmüller, Nils Burger, Georg Bauer, “Singlet oxygen treatment of tumor cells triggers extracellular singlet oxygen generation, catalase inactivation and reactivation of intercellular apoptosis-inducing signaling☆”, in Redox Biology, volume 6, →DOI:
      When low concentrations of photofrin are applied, the initial direct inactivation of catalase is not sufficient to allow optimal singlet oxygen generation from cell-derived H 2 O 2 and peroxynitrite and a strong inactivating effect on catalase.

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