Photosensitizing Agents

"Photosensitizing Agents" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Drugs that are pharmacologically inactive but when exposed to ultraviolet radiation or sunlight are converted to their active metabolite to produce a beneficial reaction affecting the diseased tissue. These compounds can be administered topically or systemically and have been used therapeutically to treat psoriasis and various types of neoplasms.

Descriptor ID	D017319
MeSH Number(s)	D27.505.954.444.600 D27.505.954.600.710
Concept/Terms	Photosensitizing Agents Photosensitizing Agents Agents, Photosensitizing Photosensitizers Photosensitizing Effect Photosensitizing Effect Effect, Photosensitizing Photosensitizing Effects Effects, Photosensitizing

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Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Chemical Actions and Uses [D27]
Pharmacologic Actions [D27.505]
Therapeutic Uses [D27.505.954]
Dermatologic Agents [D27.505.954.444]
Photosensitizing Agents [D27.505.954.444.600]
Radiation-Sensitizing Agents [D27.505.954.600]
Photosensitizing Agents [D27.505.954.600.710]

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Bar chart showing 30 publications over 16 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2020

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1998	1	0	1
2007	1	0	1
2008	0	1	1
2010	0	2	2
2011	1	2	3
2015	0	1	1
2016	0	1	1
2017	2	1	3
2018	2	0	2
2020	1	3	4
2021	1	1	2
2022	1	2	3
2023	0	1	1
2024	2	0	2
2025	0	2	2
2026	1	0	1

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Ferro AP, Mensah SK, Liu YR, Guirro ECO, Celli JP. Photobiomodulation pre-treatment enhances ALA-induced PpIX accumulation and photodynamic therapy response in oral squamous cell carcinoma cells in cell culture. Photodiagnosis Photodyn Ther. 2026 Apr; 58:105433.

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Liboy C, Khan S, Song B, Vega D, Saad MA, Liang R, Hasan T, Celli JP. Imaging protoporphyrin IX photoproduct accumulation as a dosimetry reporter for monitoring photodynamic therapy of oral cancer. J Biomed Opt. 2025 Dec; 30(Suppl 3):S34114.

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Chen Y, Guo Z, Xiao H, Cai W, Peng Z, Wang K, Xiao W, Huang J. Programmable DNA Nanospheres for Photothermal-Controlled Intracellular Protein Degradation. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2026 01 09; 65(2):e17452.

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Rodr?guez-L?pez R, Webb JN, Erdi M, Kofinas P, Franco W, Zhang H, Randleman JB, Scarcelli G. Determining the Relationship Between Corneal Stiffening and Tissue Dehydration After Corneal Cross-Linking. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2024 Nov 04; 65(13):14.

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Liu Y, Mensah SK, Farias S, Khan S, Hasan T, Celli JP. Efficacy of photodynamic therapy using 5-aminolevulinic acid-induced photosensitization is enhanced in pancreatic cancer cells with acquired drug resistance. Photodiagnosis Photodyn Ther. 2024 Dec; 50:104362.

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Khan S, Song B, Mallidi S, Li S, Liu H, Bilal Hussain MA, Siddiqui S, Khan AP, Akhtar K, Siddiqui SA, Hasan SA, Hopper C, Bown SG, Liang R, Hasan T, Celli JP. Clinical assessment of a low-cost, hand-held, smartphone-attached intraoral imaging probe for 5-aminolevulinic acid photodynamic therapy monitoring and guidance. J Biomed Opt. 2023 08; 28(8):082809.

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Dick M, Jamal H, Liu YR, Celli JP, Lilge L. On the need for standardized reporting of photophysical parameters of in vitro photodynamic therapy studies. Photodiagnosis Photodyn Ther. 2023 Mar; 41:103263.

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Zeng L, Huang L, Han J, Han G. Enhancing Triplet-Triplet Annihilation Upconversion: From Molecular Design to Present Applications. Acc Chem Res. 2022 09 20; 55(18):2604-2615.

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Siddiqui SA, Siddiqui S, Hussain MAB, Khan S, Liu H, Akhtar K, Hasan SA, Ahmed I, Mallidi S, Khan AP, Cuckov F, Hopper C, Bown S, Celli JP, Hasan T. Clinical evaluation of a mobile, low-cost system for fluorescence guided photodynamic therapy of early oral cancer in India. Photodiagnosis Photodyn Ther. 2022 Jun; 38:102843.

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Li X, Xiao H, Xiu W, Yang K, Zhang Y, Yuwen L, Yang D, Weng L, Wang L. Mitochondria-Targeting MoS2-Based Nanoagents for Enhanced NIR-II Photothermal-Chemodynamic Synergistic Oncotherapy. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2021 Dec 01; 13(47):55928-55938.

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