Review Article

ROS from Physical Plasmas: Redox Chemistry for Biomedical Therapy

Table 2

Overview of cold plasma-mediated signalling pathways, including oxidative stress (Nrf2), mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase, p53, Wnt/β-catenin, cytoskeletal, cell adhesion, or growth factor signalling and differentiation. He-GIW: helium-guided ionization wave; SMD: surface microdischarge.

SignallingCell type(s)Plasma sourceReferences

Nrf2Keratinocytes (HaCaT)He-GIW[140]
THP-1 monocytes (human)kINPen[274, 275]
Breast, pancreatic, colon cancer, and melanomakINPen[276]
Osteosarcoma cellskINPen[277]
Periodontal ligament (PDL) cellsPlasma one dental[278]
Rat skin cellsSingle-jet system[279]
Murine skin cellskINPen[123]
Keratinocytes (HaCaT)kINPen[120, 121, 134, 148]
T-lymphoblastoid leukemia cellsDBD[236, 280]

NFκB, MAPKMonocytes, THP-1, and JurkatkINPen[119, 154]
Cancer cellsDBD[281]
HNC cellsSpray-type jet[282]
Cancer cells (G631)APPJ[283]
Cancer cells (ES2)NEAPP[202]
Keratinocytes (HaCaT)kINPen[284]
Cancer cells (A375, 875)Surface BD[285]

p53Melanoma cellsSMD[286]
Keratinocytes (HaCaT)DBD[287]
Cancer cellsDifferent[166]
Cancer cells (HSC3)DBD oxygen[288]
Cancer cellsDBD[281]
T98G, A549, HEK293, and MRC5Soft plasma jet[289]
Periodontal ligament (PDL) cellsPlasma one[278]
Melanocyte cancer cellsAPPJ[283]
Keratinocytes (HaCaT)kINPen[164]
Murine skin cellskINPen[123]
Cancer cells (Huh7, Alexander, and HepG2)Air based[290]
Keratinocytes (HaCaT)DBD[291]
T-lymphoblastoid leukemia cellsDBD[236]

Wnt/β-catenin, cell adhesionMelanoma cells (SK-Mel-28)kINPen[292]
Keratinocytes (HaCaT)DBD[293, 294]
Keratinocytes (HaCaT)DBD[131, 132, 295, 296]
MNCDBD[297]
Normal and cancer cellsJet[133]

CytoskeletalSkin cellsDBD, kINPen[110, 153, 298]
Keratinocytes (HaCaT)DBD[287]
Cancer cells (BHP10, TPC1)Spray-type jet[299]
Human dermal fibroblastsJet like[129, 130]
Skin cells (HaCaT, MRC5), melanoma cellskINPen[122, 292]

Differentiation growth factorsNeuroblastoma 2a (N2a)DBD[300]
Keratinocytes (HaCaT)kINPen[149]
Human 3D skin modelSingle jet (MEF)[301]