Light based anti-infectives: ultraviolet C irradiation, photodynamic therapy, blue light, and beyond

Current Opinion in Pharmacology - Tập 13 Số 5 - Trang 731-762 - 2013
Rui Yin1,2,3, Tianhong Dai1,3, Pinar Avci4,1,3, Ana Elisa Serafim Jorge5,3, Wanessa Melo6,3, Daniela Vecchio1,3, Ying‐Ying Huang1,7,3, Asheesh Gupta8,1,3, Michael R. Hamblin1,9,3
1Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
2Department of Dermatology, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
3Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
4Department of Dermatology, Dermato-oncology and Venerology, Semmelweis University School of Medicine, Budapest 1085, Hungary
5Programa de Pós-Graduação Interunidades Bioengenharia – EESC/FMRP/IQSC and Centro de Pesquisa em Óptica e Fotônica/Instituto de Física de São Carlos – University of São Paulo, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
6University of Sao Paulo, Sao Carlos, SP, Brazil
7Department of Pathology, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, China
8Defence Institute of Physiology & Allied Sciences, Delhi, India
9Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA

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