Non-thermal atmospheric-pressure plasma possible application in wound healing

Biomolecules and Therapeutics

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 477-490

  Haertel, Beate ^a   von Woedtke, Thomas ^b   Weltmann, Klaus Dieter ^b   Lindequist, Ulrike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR PLASMA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Cell surface molecules; Cell viability; Non thermal atmospheric pressure plasma; Plasma cell interaction; Reactive oxygen species; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; DNA; INTEGRIN RECEPTOR; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANGIOGENESIS; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURFACE; CELL VIABILITY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); EUKARYOTIC CELL; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; KERATINOCYTE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NON THERMAL ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE PLASMA; NONHUMAN; PLASMA GAS; PRURITUS; SKIN CELL; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84912559171     PISSN: 19769148     EISSN: 20054483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4062/biomolther.2014.105     Document Type: Article

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