title: A charge-switchable, four-armed polymeric photosensitizer for photodynamic cancer therapy.
abstract: A water-soluble, charge-switchable, four-armed polymeric photosensitizer (C4P-PS), in which charge switching is pH dependent, has been designed as a new class of photosensitizer for photodynamic cancer therapy.
authors.affiliation: Center for Photomedicine, Department of Biotechnology, The Catholic University of Korea, 43 Jibong-ro, Wonmi-gu, Bucheon-si, Gyeonggi-do 420-743, Republic of Korea. kna6997@catholic.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Chung-Sung
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Wooram
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Young Um
authors.initials: YU
authors.lastname: Jo
authors.forename: Kun
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Na
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D045325:HCT116 Cells; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007834:Lasers; D051379:Mice; D008819:Mice, Nude; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy; D010778:Photochemotherapy; D017319:Photosensitizing Agents / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*; D011166:Porphyrins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: C000593248:C4P-PS compound; D017319:Photosensitizing Agents; D011108:Polymers; D011166:Porphyrins; D014867:Water