Kentarou Imai

Photodynamic therapy for lung cancers based on novel photodynamic diagnosis using talaporfin sodium (NPe6) and autofluorescence bronchoscopy

Jitsuo Usuda, Hidemitsu Tsutsui, Hidetoshi Honda et al. · Lung Cancer · 2007 · 89 citations

Medicine, Biomedical Engineering, Oncology +15

Lysosomal cathepsin initiates apoptosis, which is regulated by photodamage to Bcl-2 at mitochondria in photodynamic therapy using a novel photosensitizer, ATX-s10 (Na)

Shuji Ichinose, Jitsuo Usuda, Takeshi Hirata et al. · International Journal of Oncology · 2006 · 57 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Pharmacology +17

Molecular determinants of photodynamic therapy for lung cancers

Jitsuo Usuda, Shuji Ichinose, Taichirou Ishizumi et al. · Lasers in Surgery and Medicine · 2011 · 11 citations

Medicine, Oncology, Pharmacology +17

A possible relationship between the anti-cancer potency of photodynamic therapy using the novel photosensitizer ATX-s10-Na(II) and expression of the vascular endothelial growth factor in vivo

T. Okunaka, Jitsuo Usuda, S. Ichinose et al. · Oncology Reports · 2007 · 10 citations · Full text

Medicine, Oncology, Pharmacology +12