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The Effect of Photofrin on DNA Strand Breaks and Base Oxidation in HaCaT Keratinocytes: A Comet Assay Study¶
1 Jan 2004
Abstract excerpt
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) kills cells via the production of singlet oxygen and other reactive oxygen species. PDT causes chromosomal damage and mutation to cultured cells. However, DNA damage does not contribute to the phototoxic effect. To study the effect of Photofrin-PDT-induced DNA damage, we used the comet assay in combination with endonuclease III and formamidopyrimidine DNA glycosylase and a human...
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