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ArticleCell stress & chaperones2013

Hyperbaric oxygen preconditioning protects skin from UV-A damage.

Ashley M Fuller, Charles Giardina, Lawrence E Hightower, George A Perdrizet, Cassandra A Tierney

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Article in Cell stress & chaperones, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Early hyperbaric oxygen therapy improves survival in a model of severe sepsis.American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ashley M FullerDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, 91 North Eagleville Road, U3125, Storrs, CT 06269, USA.
Charles Giardina
Lawrence E Hightower
George A Perdrizet
Cassandra A Tierney
University of Connecticut · USKent Hospital · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is used for a number of applications, including the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers and CO poisoning. However, we and others have shown that HBOT can mobilize cellular antioxidant defenses, suggesting that it may also be useful under circumstances in which tissue protection from oxidative damage is desired. To test the protective properties of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) on a tissue level, we evaluated the ability of a preconditioning treatment regimen to protect cutaneous tissue from UV-A-induced oxidative damage. Three groups of hairless SKH1-E mice were exposed to UV-A 3 days per week for 22 weeks, with two of these groups receiving an HBO pretreatment either two or four times per week. UV-A exposure increased apoptosis and proliferation of the skin tissue, indicating elevated levels of epithelial damage and repair. Pretreatment with HBO significantly reduced UV-A-induced apoptosis and proliferation. A morphometric analysis of microscopic tissue folds also showed a significant increase in skin creasing following UV-A exposure, which was prevented by HBO pretreatment. Likewise, skin elasticity was found to be greatest in the group treated with HBO four times per week. The effects of HBO were also apparent systemically as reductions in caspase-3 activity and expression were observed in the liver. Our findings support a protective function of HBO pretreatment from a direct oxidative challenge of UV-A to skin tissue. Similar protection of other tissues may likewise be achievable.

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Hyperbaric OxygenationUltraviolet RaysAnimalsApoptosisCaspase 3Cell ProliferationElasticity Imaging TechniquesLiverMiceMice, HairlessOxidative StressSkinCaspase 3

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PMID22855227
PMCPMC3508122
OpenAlexW2017213179

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