Radical formation in skin and preclinical characterization of a novel medical plasma device for dermatology after single application.

Cold atmospheric plasma (CAP) enables painless tissue treatment by producing reactive species including excited molecules and charged particles and is of great interest for medical applications. Medical CAP sources work in contact with air at ambient pressure, resulting in the generation of substantial amounts of reactive oxygen and nitrogen radicals. These radicals have a significant influence on cellular biochemistry, are crucial components of the immune system, and play a central role in wound therapy.

Ultraviolet laser induced periodic surface structures positively influence osteogenic activity on titanium alloys.

Background/objective: Endoprostheses might fail due to complications such as implant loosening or periprosthetic infections. The surface topography of implant materials is known to influence osseointegration and attachment of pathogenic bacteria. Laser-Induced Periodic Surface Structures (LIPSS) can improve the surface topography of orthopedic implant materials.

Markers of tumor-associated macrophages and microglia exhibit high intratumoral heterogeneity in human glioblastoma tissue.

Background: Human glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is a highly aggressive tumor with insufficient therapies available. Especially, novel concepts of immune therapies fail due to a complex immunosuppressive microenvironment, high mutational rates, and inter-patient variations. The intratumoral heterogeneity is currently not sufficiently investigated.

Increased Expression of ITGB 3 in CLL Patient leukemia Cells by Exposure to Cold Physical Plasma and Plasma-treated Medium.

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is the most prevalent hematological cancer, with various medical interventions. In the recent decade, cold physical plasma has become an interesting agent for future cancer therapy. The goal of this study was to see whether cold physical plasma or cold physical plasma-treated liquid (PTL) affected integrin beta 3 (ITGB3) expression, which is hypothesized to mediate an interaction between cancer stem cells and the bone marrow microenvironment, in CLL patients' blood cells.

Reactive oxygen species from non-thermal gas plasma (CAP): implication for targeting cancer stem cells.

Cancer remains a major global health challenge, with the persistence of cancer stem cells (CSCs) contributing to treatment resistance and relapse. Despite advancements in cancer therapy, targeting CSCs presents a significant hurdle. Non-thermal gas plasma, also known as CAP, represents an innovative cancer treatment.

Plasma-Functionalized Liquids for Decontamination of Viable Tissues: A Comparative Approach.

Plasma-functionalized liquids (PFLs) are rich in chemical species, such as ozone, hydrogen peroxide, singlet oxygen, hydroxyl radical and nitrogen oxides, commonly referred to as reactive oxygen and nitrogen species (RONS). Therefore, manifold applications are being investigated for their use in medicine, agriculture, and the environment. Depending on the goal, a suitable plasma source concept for the generation of PFLs has to be determined because the plasma generation setup determines the composition of reactive species.

Insulin oxidation and oxidative modifications alter glucose uptake, cell metabolism, and inflammatory secretion profiles.

Insulin participates in glucose homeostasis in the body and regulates glucose, protein, and lipid metabolism. Chronic hyperglycemia triggers oxidative stress and the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), leading to oxidized insulin variants. Oxidative protein modifications can cause functional changes or altered immunogenicity as known from the context of autoimmune disorders.

Epilipidomics reveals lipid fatty acid and headgroup modification in gas plasma-oxidized biomembranes.

Lipids, possessing unsaturated fatty acid chains and polar regions with nucleophilic heteroatoms, represent suitable oxidation targets for autologous and heterologous reactive species. Lipid peroxidation products (LPPs) are highly heterogeneous, including hydroperoxides, alkenals, chlorination, or glycation. Accordingly, delineation of lipid targets, species type, resulting products, and oxidation level remains challenging.

Hypoxia increases triacylglycerol levels and unsaturation in tomato roots.

Background: Plants are designed to endure stress, but increasingly extreme weather events are testing the limits. Events like flooding result in submergence of plant organs, triggering an energy crisis due to hypoxia and threaten plant growth and productivity. Lipids are relevant as building blocks and energy vault and are substantially intertwined with primary metabolism, making them an ideal readout for plant stress.

Exploring the influence of atmospheric CO and O levels on the utility of nitrogen isotopes as proxy for biological N fixation.

Biological N fixation (BNF) is traced to the Archean. The nitrogen isotopic fractionation composition (δN) of sedimentary rocks is commonly used to reconstruct the presence of ancient diazotrophic ecosystems. While δN has been validated mostly using organisms grown under present-day conditions; it has not under the pre-Cambrian conditions, when atmospheric O was lower and CO was higher.

The ring-shaped spatial distribution of the argon excimer, , in the effluent of the kINPen-sci.

Spatially resolved measurements of the argon excimer, , were performed in the effluent of a cold atmospheric plasma jet (CAPJ), the so called kINPen-sci, using cavity ringdown spectroscopy. The spatial distribution of the density of could be distinguished into two distinct populations: a Gaussian and a toroidally shaped distribution. The production mechanisms of these populations seem to differ.

Inhibitory effect of helium cold atmospheric plasma on cariogenic biofilms.

This study aimed to determine the effects of low-temperature plasma jet produced in gas helium (LTP-helium) on cariogenic biofilms composedby and , and also by the combination of and . Biofilms were treated for 1, 3, 5, and 7 minutes. A 0.

Comparative Analysis of Canonical Inflammasome Activation by Flow Cytometry, Imaging Flow Cytometry and High-Content Imaging.

Inflammasome activation occurs in various diseases, including rare diseases that require multicenter studies for investigation. Flow cytometric analysis of ASC speck cells in patient samples can be used to detect cell type-specific inflammasome activation. However, this requires standardized sample processing and the ability to compare data from different flow cytometers.

Surface roughness associated with bacterial adhesion on dental resin-based materials.

This study investigates the surface quality and bacterial adhesion properties of various dental materials, including indirect composites, veneering composites, direct composites, polyether ether ketone (PEEK), and two millable polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA). Material specimens were processed following manufacturer instructions, initially evaluated for surface roughness and Streptococcus sanguinis (S. sanguinis) adhesion.

Photocatalytic Edge Growth of Conductive Gold Lines On Microstructured TiO-ITO Substrates.

Titanium dioxide is well-known for its excellent photocatalytic properties. UV-controlled photodeposition of gold on TiO is achieved by photocatalytic reduction of precursor ions from a tetrachloroauric solution. During the growth process on the surface, clusters grow from nucleation centers and coalescence is observed for sufficiently long UV illumination times, resulting in gold structures with complex shapes.

Targeting the Complexity of In Vitro Skin Models: A Review of Cutting-Edge Developments.

Skin in vitro models offer much promise for research, testing drugs, cosmetics, and medical devices, reducing animal testing and extensive clinical trials. There are several in vitro approaches to mimicking human skin behavior, ranging from simple cell monolayer to complex organotypic and bioengineered 3-dimensional models. Some have been approved for preclinical studies in cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and chemicals.

Combined Application of Cold Physical Plasma and Chemotherapeutics against Chondrosarcoma Cells.

Chondrosarcoma (CS) is a rare malignant bone sarcoma that primarily affects cartilage cells in the femur and pelvis. While most subtypes exhibit slow growth with a very good prognosis, some aggressive subtypes have a poorer overall survival. CS is known for its resistance to chemotherapy and radiotherapy, leaving surgery as the sole effective therapeutic option.

YAP/TAZ, beta-catenin, and TGFb pathway activation in medical plasma-induced wound healing in diabetic mice.

Introduction: Hippo is a signaling pathway that is evolutionarily conserved and plays critical roles in wound healing and tissue regeneration. Disruption of the transcriptional activity of both Hippo-associated factors, the yes-associated protein (YAP), and the transcriptional co-activator with PDZ binding motif (TAZ) has been associated with cardiovascular diseases, fibrosis, and cancer. This makes the Hippo pathway an appealing target for therapeutic interventions.

Oxidized Melanoma Antigens Promote Activation and Proliferation of Cytotoxic T-Cell Subpopulations.

Increasing evidence suggests the role of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species (RONS) in regulating antitumor immune effects and immunosuppression. RONS modify biomolecules and induce oxidative post-translational modifications (oxPTM) on proteins that can alarm phagocytes. However, it is unclear if and how protein oxidation by technical means could be a strategy to foster antitumor immunity and therapy.

Cold Physical Plasma Reduces Motility of Various Bone Sarcoma Cells While Remodeling the Cytoskeleton.

Background/aim: Cold physical plasma (CPP) has emerged as an effective therapy in oncology by inducing cytotoxic effects in various cancer cells, including chondrosarcoma (CS), Ewing's sarcoma (ES), and osteosarcoma (OS). The current study investigated the impact of CPP on cell motility in CS (CAL-78), ES (A673), and OS (U2-OS) cell lines, focusing on the actin cytoskeleton.

Materials And Methods: The CASY Cell Counter and Analyzer was used to study cell proliferation and determine the optimal concentrations of fetal calf serum to maintain viability without stimulation of cell proliferation.

Multi-Cohort Transcriptomic Profiling of Medical Gas Plasma-Treated Cancers Reveals the Role of Immunogenic Cell Death.

The therapeutic potential of cold physical gas plasma operated at atmospheric pressure in oncology has been thoroughly demonstrated in numerous preclinical studies. The cytotoxic effect on malignant cells has been attributed mainly to biologically active plasma-generated compounds, namely, reactive oxygen and nitrogen species. The intracellular accumulation of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species interferes strongly with the antioxidant defense system of malignant cells, activating multiple signaling cascades and inevitably leading to oxidative stress-induced cell death.

Reactive Species Risk Assessment Using Optimized HET-CAM Safety Evaluation of Feed Gas-Modified Gas Plasma Technology and Anticancer Drugs.

Clinical therapies, including dermatology and oncology, require safe application. In vitro experiments allow only limited conclusions about in vivo effects, while animal studies in, e.g.

Comparative Bioremediation of Tetradecane, Cyclohexanone and Cyclohexane by Filamentous Fungi from Polluted Habitats in Kazakhstan.

Studying the fates of oil components and their interactions with ecological systems is essential for developing comprehensive management strategies and enhancing restoration following oil spill incidents. The potential expansion of Kazakhstan's role in the global oil market necessitates the existence of land-specific studies that contribute to the field of bioremediation. In this study, a set of experiments was designed to assess the growth and biodegradation capacities of eight fungal strains sourced from Kazakhstan soil when exposed to the hydrocarbon substrates from which they were initially isolated.