ISSN Print 2500–1094
ISSN Online 2542–1204
BIOMEDICAL JOURNAL OF PIROGOV UNIVERSITY (MOSCOW, RUSSIA)
Copyright: © 2017 by the authors. Licensee: Pirogov University.
This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (CC BY).
This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (CC BY).
REVIEW
Prospects for the Use of Photodynamic Therapy in the Treatment of Recurrent Pregnancy Loss Associated with Relapsed Herpes Infection: a Literature Review
About authors
1 Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Medical Faculty,
Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia
2 Laboratory of Molecular Immunology,
I. I. Mechnikov Research Institute of Vaccines and Sera, RAMS, Moscow, Russia
3 Scientific Clinical Center of Gerontology,
Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia
Correspondence should be addressed: Eleonora Markova
ul. Ostrovityanova, d. 1, Moscow, Russia, 117997; ur.liam@aronoele.avokram
Received: 2014-10-07
Accepted: 2014-11-10
Published online: 2017-01-05
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The history of the photodynamic therapy (PDT) research, together with a virus infection as well, modern understanding of PDT-mechanisms and immunological aspects are reflected in the present literature review. There are outlined the latest scientific data on pre-clinical studies in the PDT and its use as an antitumor, antibacterial and antiviral therapy. The purpose of the review was to expand notions of antiviral PDT as a promising method for the treatment of viral infections, which are one of the proved causes of the recurrent pregnancy loss.
Keywords: photodynamic therapy, mechanisms of photodynamic therapy, antiviral photodynamic therapy, pregnancy loss