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PDT-induced cell death, by either apoptosis or necrosis may vary with cell type or PDT dose. 5 cell types were treated with varying doses of aminolaevulinic acid-induced PDT and the type of cell death analysed. The mode of cell death was found to depend on both cell type and light dose. © 2001 Cancer Research Campaign
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Wyld, L., Reed, M. & Brown, N. Differential cell death response to photodynamic therapy is dependent on dose and cell type. Br J Cancer 84, 1384–1386 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1054/bjoc.2001.1795
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