Evaluation of photodynamic therapy against Leishmania tropica promastigotes using different photosensitizers.

Serçin Özlem Çalışkan Hatice Ertabaklar Mehmet Dinçer Bilgin Sema Ertuğ

Published in: Photodermatology, photoimmunology & photomedicine (2021)

The results revealed that apoptosis-induced cell death was observed in Leishmania tropica promastigotes after the application of photosensitizers in combination with light irradiation.

Keyphrases

photodynamic therapy
cell death
cell cycle arrest
fluorescence imaging
oxidative stress
diabetic rats
high glucose
endoplasmic reticulum stress
drug induced
cell proliferation
stress induced