5-aminolaevulinic acid (5-ALA) accumulates in GIST-T1 cells and photodynamic diagnosis using 5-ALA identifies gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) in xenograft tumor models

• Makiko Sasaki,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Science, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

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• Mamoru Tanaka ,

  Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mtanaka@med.nagoya-cu.ac.jp

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Science, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8416-5774

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• Hiroshi Ichikawa,

  Roles Investigation, Software

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Science, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

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• Taketo Suzuki,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Software

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Science, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

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• Hirotada Nishie,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Science, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

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• Keiji Ozeki,

  Roles Validation

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Science, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

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• Takaya Shimura,

  Roles Validation

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Science, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

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• Eiji Kubota,

  Roles Validation

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Science, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

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• Satoshi Tanida,

  Roles Validation

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Science, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

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• Hiromi Kataoka

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Science, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

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