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Antitumor immunity induced by the photodynamic action of BAM-SiPc, a silicon (IV) phthalocyanine photosensitizer

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This work was supported by a grant from the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region China [Project no. CUHK 14171717].

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Zhang, Y., Ng, D.K.P. & Fong, WP. Antitumor immunity induced by the photodynamic action of BAM-SiPc, a silicon (IV) phthalocyanine photosensitizer. Cell Mol Immunol 16, 676–678 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41423-019-0239-8

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