The Influence of Cold Atmospheric Pressure Plasma-Treated Media on the Cell Viability, Motility, and Induction of Apoptosis in Human Non-Metastatic (MCF7) and Metastatic (MDA-MB-231) Breast Cancer Cell Lines

• Published in: International journal of molecular sciences Vol. 22; no. 8; p. 3855
• Main Authors: Terefinko, Dominik, Dzimitrowicz, Anna, Bielawska-Pohl, Aleksandra, Klimczak, Aleksandra, Pohl, Pawel, Jamroz, Piotr
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 08.04.2021; MDPI
• Subjects: Apoptosis; Atmospheric pressure; biological activity; Breast cancer; Cancer therapies; Cell culture; Cell death; Cell viability; Fever; Hyperthermia; Metastases; Metastasis; Nanoparticles; Nitrates; non-thermal plasma; Oxidative stress; Qualitative analysis; reactive oxygen and nitrogen species; Tumor cell lines; Wound healing; breast cancer; biological activity; reactive oxygen and nitrogen species; non-thermal plasma

Breast cancer remains the most common type of cancer, occurring in middle-aged women, and often leads to patients' death. In this work, we applied a cold atmospheric pressure plasma (CAPP)-based reaction-discharge system, one that is unique in its class, for the production of CAPP-activated med...