The anti-glioblastoma effect of cold atmospheric plasma treatment: physical pathway v.s. chemical pathway.

ABSTRACT: Cold atmospheric plasma (CAP), a near room temperature ionized gas, has shown potential application in many branches of medicine, particularly in cancer treatment. In previous studies, the biological effect of CAP on cancer cells and other mammalian cells has been based solely on the chemical factors in CAP, particularly the reactive species. Therefore, plasma medicine has been regarded as a reactive species-based medicine, and the physical factors in CAP such as the thermal effect, ultraviolet irradiation, and electromagnetic effect have been regarded as ignorable factors. In this study, we investigated the effect of a physical CAP treatment on glioblastoma cells. For the first time, we demonstrated that the physical factors in CAP could reinstate the positive selectivity on CAP-treated a

SUBMITTER: Yan D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7366727 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature