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- Title
Improvement of Cell Growth of Uterosacral Ligament Fibroblast Derived from Pelvic Organ Prolapse Patients by Cold Atmospheric Plasma Treated Liquid.
- Authors
Han, Ihn; Choi, Seung Ah; Kim, Seul I; Choi, Eun Ha; Lee, Young Joo; Kim, Youngsun
- Abstract
Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) is a chronic disorder that affects quality of life in women. Several POP treatments may be accompanied by abrasion, constant infection, and severe pain. Therefore, new treatment methods and improvements in current treatments for POP are required. Non-thermal atmospheric-pressure plasma is a rising biomedical therapy that generates a mixed cocktail of reactive species by different mechanisms. In this study, we applied a cylinder-type dielectric barrier discharge plasma device to create a plasma-treated liquid (PTL). The PTL was added to primary cultured human uterosacral ligament fibroblast (hUSLF) cells from POP patients at each stage. Surprisingly, treatment with diluted PTL increased hUSLF cell viability but decreased ovarian cancer cell viability. PTL also decreased cell apoptosis in hUSLF cells but increased it in SKOV3 cells. Our results suggest that PTL protects hUSLF cells from cell apoptosis by controlling the p53 pathway and improves cell viability, implying that PTL is a promising application for POP therapy.
- Subjects
PELVIC organ prolapse; LOW temperature plasmas; CELL growth; LIGAMENTS; NON-thermal plasmas
- Publication
Cells (2073-4409), 2021, Vol 10, Issue 10, p2728
- ISSN
2073-4409
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/cells10102728