Photodynamic therapy mediates innate immune responses via fibroblast-macrophage interactions

• Main Authors: Zulaziz, Natasha, Azhim, Azran, Himeno, Naomi, Tanaka, Masato, Satoh, Yasushi, Kinoshita, Manabu, Miyazaki, Hiromi, Saitoh, Daizoh, Shinomiya, Nariyoshi, Morimoto, Y.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Japan 2015
• Subjects: RZ Other systems of medicine; TP248.13 Biotechnology
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/44151/1/Photodynamic_therapy_mediates_innate_immune_responses.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/44151/; http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs13577-015-0118-2

Antibacterial photodynamic therapy (PDT) has come to attract attention as an alternative therapy for drug-resistant bacteria. Recent reports revealed that antibacterial PDT induces innate immune response and stimulates abundant cytokine secretion as a part of inflammatory responses. However, the und...