Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1 – Multifunctional Nanoparticles in Photodynamic Therapy: Recent Developments (pp. 1-32)
Juan L. Vivero-Escoto (Department of Chemistry, The Center for Biomedical Engineering and Science, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA)
Chapter 2 – Recent Advances in Nanomedicine for Photodynamic Therapy of Cancer (pp. 33-58)
Yamin Yang and Hongjun Wang (Department of Chemistry, Chemical Biology and Biomedical Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, USA)
Chapter 3 – The Mechanism of Action of Topical Dermatological Photodynamic Therapy (pp. 59-102)
Alison Curnow and Jessica Tyrrell (European Centre for Environment and Human Health, University of Exeter, UK)
Chapter 4 – Nanotechnology-Based Cancer PhotoDynamic Therapy (pp. 103-122)
Elisa Panzarini and Luciana Dini (Department of Biological and Environmental Science and Technology (Di.S.Te.B.A.), University of Salento, Lecce, Italy)
Chapter 5 – Photodynamic Therapy in Animal Health (pp. 123-152)
Michelle Peneluppi Silva and Antonio Olavo Cardoso Jorge (Department of Biosciences and Oral Diagnosis, Institute of Science and Technology, UNESP – Univ Estadual Paulista, São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil)
Chapter 6 – The Use of Photosensitizers in Photodynamic Therapy (pp. 153-172)
Michelle Peneluppi Silva and Antonio Olavo Cardoso Jorge (Department of Biosciences and Oral Diagnosis, Institute of Science and Technology, UNESP – Univ Estadual Paulista, São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil)
Chapter 7 – In Vitro and In Vivo 5-Aminolevulinic Acid-Based Photodynamic Therapy in Sensitive and Drug Resistant Leukemic Murine Cells (pp. 173-192)
Berenice Diez, Silvia Hajos, Roberto Meiss, Glenda Ernst, Maria Julieta Teijo, Alcira Batlle and Haydée Fukuda (Departamento de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina, and others)
Chapter 8 – 4-Thiothymidine and Its Analogues as UVA-Activated Photosensitizers (pp. 193-206)
Giuseppe Trigiante and Yao-Zhong Xu (LHCS Department, The Open University, Milton Keynes, and others)
Chapter 9 – Towards Multifunctional Hybrid Nanosystems for PDT: Polymeric Nanostructures Containing Zinc Selenide Nanoparticles and Photosensitizer (pp. 207-224)
T. E. Sukhanova, M. L. Gelfond, V. A. Bershtein, S. V. Valueva, M. E. Vylegzhanina, A. Ya. Volkov, A. A. Kutin and G. N. Matveeva (Institute of Macromolecular Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, St.-Petersburg, Russia, and others)
Chapter 10 – Ocular Photodynamic Therapy (pp. 225-240)
Assaf Dotan and Rita Ehrlich (Department of Ophthalmology, Rabin Medical Center, PetachTikva, Israel)
Index
