Molecular mechanisms of the efficacy of cold atmospheric pressure plasma (CAP) in cancer treatment

ML Semmler, S Bekeschus, M Schäfer, T Bernhardt… - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Recently, the potential use of cold atmospheric pressure plasma (CAP) in cancer treatment
has gained increasing interest. Especially the enhanced selective killing of tumor cells …

Plasma-treated solutions (PTS) in cancer therapy

H Tanaka, S Bekeschus, D Yan, M Hori, M Keidar… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Cold physical plasma is a partially ionized gas generating various reactive
oxygen and nitrogen species (ROS/RNS) simultaneously. ROS/RNS have therapeutic …

Micropatterning of cells via adjusting surface wettability using plasma treatment and graphene oxide deposition

N Al-Azzam, A Alazzam - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
The wettability of a polymer surface plays a critical role in cell-cell interaction and behavior.
The degree to which a surface is hydrophobic or hydrophilic affects the adhesion and …

[HTML][HTML] Medical gas plasma technology: Roadmap on cancer treatment and immunotherapy

S Bekeschus - Redox Biology, 2023 - Elsevier
Despite continuous therapeutic progress, cancer remains an often fatal disease. In the early
2010s, first evidence in rodent models suggested promising antitumor action of gas plasma …

A map of control for cold atmospheric plasma jets: From physical mechanisms to optimizations

L Lin, M Keidar - Applied Physics Reviews, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
The study of cold atmospheric plasma (CAP) began about a decade ago. Currently, multiple
applications of CAP have been discovered including biomedicine, nanomaterials …

Foundations of plasmas for medical applications

T Von Woedtke, M Laroussi… - Plasma Sources Science …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Plasma medicine refers to the application of nonequilibrium plasmas at approximately body
temperature, for therapeutic purposes. Nonequilibrium plasmas are weakly ionized gases …

[HTML][HTML] Drug uptake-based chemoresistance in breast cancer treatment

H Muley, R Fado, R Rodriguez-Rodriguez… - Biochemical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Breast cancer is the most prevalent type of tumor and the second leading cause of death
due to cancer among women. Although screening methods, diagnosis and therapeutic …

Medical gas plasma jet technology targets murine melanoma in an immunogenic fashion

S Bekeschus, R Clemen, F Nießner… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Medical technologies from physics are imperative in the diagnosis and therapy of many
types of diseases. In 2013, a novel cold physical plasma treatment concept was accredited …

Current state of cold atmospheric plasma and cancer‐immunity cycle: therapeutic relevance and overcoming clinical limitations using hydrogels

M Živanić, A Espona‐Noguera, A Lin… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Cold atmospheric plasma (CAP) is a partially ionized gas that gains attention as a well‐
tolerated cancer treatment that can enhance anti‐tumor immune responses, which are …

Cold atmospheric plasma: a promising controller of cancer cell states

X Dai, K Bazaka, EW Thompson, K Ostrikov - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Cancer treatment is complicated by the distinct phenotypic attractor states
in which cancer cells exist within individual tumors, and inherent plasticity of cells in …