Preferential induction of apoptotic cell death in melanoma cells as compared with normal keratinocytes using a non-thermal plasma torch

Cancer Biology and Therapy

Volumn 13, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 1299-1306

  Zucker, Shoshanna N ^a,b   Zirnheld, Jennifer ^c   Bagati, Archis ^a   DiSanto, Thomas M ^c   Des Soye, Benjamin ^a   Wawrzyniak, Joseph A ^b   Etemadi, Kasra ^c   Nikiforov, Mikhail ^b   Berezney, Ronald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c the State University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bystander effect; Gap Junctions; Keratinocytes; Melanoma; Plasma; Plasma torch

Indexed keywords

REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BYSTANDER EFFECT; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER CELL DESTRUCTION; CANCER THERAPY; CELL DEATH; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; KERATINOCYTE; MELANOMA CELL; NON THERMAL PLASMA TORCH; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLASMA GAS;

APOPTOSIS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; GAP JUNCTIONS; HELIUM; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; MELANOMA; PLASMA GASES; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

EID: 84868370114     PISSN: 15384047     EISSN: 15558576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cbt.21787     Document Type: Article

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