Oxy-nitroso shielding burst model of cold atmospheric plasma therapeutics

Publication date: Available online 13 November 2014 Source:Clinical Plasma Medicine Author(s): David B Graves It is postulated that cold atmospheric plasma (CAP) can trigger a therapeutic shielding response in tissue by creating a time- and space-localized, burst-like form of oxy-nitrosative stress on near-surface exposed cells through the flux of plasma-generated reactive oxygen and nitrogen species (RONS). RONS-exposed surface layers of cells communicate to the deeper levels of tissue via a form of the ‘bystander effect,’ similar to responses to other forms of cell stress. In this proposed model of CAP therapeutics, the plasma stimulates a cellular survival mechanism through which aerobic organisms shield themselves from infection and other challenges.

Source: Clinical Plasma Medicine - November 14, 2014 Category: Research Source Type: research