Roles of Porphyrin and Iron Metabolisms in the δ-Aminolevulinic Acid (ALA)-induced Accumulation of Protoporphyrin and Photodamage of Tumor Cells

Photochemistry and Photobiology, Volume 87, Issue 5, pages 1138–1145, September/October 2011, DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2011.00950.x

Yoshiko Ohgari, Yoshinobu Miyata, Taeko Miyagi, Saki Gotoh, Takano Ohta, Takao Kataoka, Kazumichi Furuyama and Shigeru Taketani

"The decrease of mitochondrial utilization of iron by the knockdown of mitoferrin-2 and frataxin also enhanced the ALA effect."