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SUBMITTER: Hadi LM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7247344 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hadi Layla Mohammad LM Yaghini Elnaz E MacRobert Alexander J AJ Loizidou Marilena M
International journal of molecular sciences 20200430 9
In this study we explored the efficacy of combining low dose photodynamic therapy using a porphyrin photosensitiser and dactinomycin, a commonly used chemotherapeutic agent. The studies were carried out on compressed collagen 3D constructs of two human ovarian cancer cell lines (SKOV3 and HEY) versus their monolayer counterparts. An amphiphilc photosensitiser was employed, disulfonated tetraphenylporphine, which is not a substrate for ABC efflux transporters that can mediate drug resistance. The ...[more]