Disinfection of Ocular Cells and Tissues by Atmospheric-Pressure Cold Plasma

Paola Brun; Paola Brun; Maria Vono; Paola Venier; Elena Tarricone

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0033245

Disinfection of Ocular Cells and Tissues by Atmospheric-Pressure Cold Plasma

Paola Brun, Paola Brun, Maria Vono, Paola Venier, Elena Tarricone, V. Deligianni, E. Martines, M. Zuin, S. Spagnolo, R. Cavazzana, R. Cardin, Ignazio Castagliuolo, Alvise La Gloria Valerio, Andrea Leonardi

Public Library of Science (2012) • Volume 7, Issue 3, Pages e33245-e33245

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Abstract

A short application of APCP appears to be an efficient and rapid ocular disinfectant for bacteria and fungi without significant damage on ocular cells and tissues, although the treatment of conjunctival fibroblasts and keratocytes caused a time-restricted generation of intracellular ROS and oxidative stress-related responses.

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DOI

10.1371/journal.pone.0033245

Language

English

Topic

Plasma Applications and Diagnostics

Keywords

Viability assay, Microbiology, Candida albicans, Reactive oxygen species, Oxidative stress, Ex vivo, Chemistry, Molecular biology, Biology, Cell, Biochemistry, In vitro

Published

March 14, 2012

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129 citations

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11.45

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