ABCG2 expression is related to low 5-ALA photodynamic diagnosis (PDD) efficacy and cancer stem cell phenotype, and suppression of ABCG2 improves the efficacy of PDD

• Noriko Kawai,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Pathology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, Department of Gastroenterological Surgery II, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

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• Yoshihiko Hirohashi ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: torigoe@sapmed.ac.jp (TT); hirohash@sapmed.ac.jp (YH)

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0608-3914

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• Yuma Ebihara,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterological Surgery II, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

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• Takuma Saito,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliations Department of Pathology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, Graduate School of Photonic Science, Chitose Institute for Science and Technology, Chitose, Hokkaido, Japan

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• Aiko Murai,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

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• Takahiro Saito,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterological Surgery II, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

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• Tomohide Shirosaki,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterological Surgery II, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

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• Terufumi Kubo,

  Roles Conceptualization

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

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• Munehide Nakatsugawa,

  Roles Conceptualization

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

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• Takayuki Kanaseki,

  Roles Conceptualization

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

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• Tomohide Tsukahara,

  Roles Conceptualization

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

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• Toshiaki Shichinohe,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterological Surgery II, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

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• Liming Li,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision

  Affiliation Graduate School of Photonic Science, Chitose Institute for Science and Technology, Chitose, Hokkaido, Japan

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• Satoshi Hirano,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterological Surgery II, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

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• Toshihiko Torigoe

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: torigoe@sapmed.ac.jp (TT); hirohash@sapmed.ac.jp (YH)

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

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