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Magdalena Winiarska

Researcher at Medical University of Warsaw

Publications -  69
Citations -  1562

Magdalena Winiarska is an academic researcher from Medical University of Warsaw. The author has contributed to research in topics: Immunotherapy & CD20. The author has an hindex of 20, co-authored 60 publications receiving 1267 citations.

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Aminolevulinic Acid (ALA) as a Prodrug in Photodynamic Therapy of Cancer

TL;DR: Since PpIX is a potent photosensitizer this metabolic pathway can be exploited in photodynamic therapy (PDT), this is an already approved therapeutic strategy making ALA one of the most successful prodrugs used in cancer treatment.
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Zinc protoporphyrin IX, a heme oxygenase-1 inhibitor, demonstrates potent antitumor effects but is unable to potentiate antitumor effects of chemotherapeutics in mice.

TL;DR: Inhibition of HO-1 exerts antitumor effects but should not be used to potentiate antitumors effects of cancer chemotherapeutics unless procedures of selective tumor targeting of HO -1 inhibitors are developed.