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ArticleMolecular and cellular biochemistry2013

Pulsed electric current induces the differentiation of human keratinocytes.

Koji Y Arai, Yohei Nakamura, Yuko Hachiya, Hiroyuki Tsuchiya, Ryuji Akimoto, Katsu Hosoki, Shohei Kamiya, Hideyuki Ichikawa, Toshio Nishiyama

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Article in Molecular and cellular biochemistry, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Koji Y AraiScleroprotein Research Institute, Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo, Japan.
Yohei Nakamura
Yuko Hachiya
Hiroyuki Tsuchiya
Ryuji Akimoto
Katsu Hosoki
Shohei Kamiya
Hideyuki Ichikawa
Toshio Nishiyama

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Abstract

Although normal human keratinocytes are known to migrate toward the cathode in a direct current (DC) electric field, other effects of the electric stimulation on keratinocyte activities are still unclear. We have investigated the keratinocyte differentiation under monodirectional pulsed electric stimulation which reduces the electrothermal and electrochemical hazards of a DC application. When cultured keratinocytes were exposed to the electric field of 3 V (ca. 100 mV/mm) or 5 V (ca. 166 mV/mm) at a frequency of 4,800 Hz for 5 min a day for 5 days, cell growth under the 5-V stimulation was significantly suppressed as compared with the control culture. Expression of mRNAs encoding keratinocyte differentiation markers such as keratin 10, involucrin, transglutaminase 1, and filaggrin was significantly increased in response to the 5-V stimulation, while the 3-V stimulation induced no significant change. After the 5-V stimulation, enhanced immunofluorescent stainings of involucrin and filaggrin were observed. These results indicate that monodirectional pulsed electric stimulation induces the keratinocyte differentiation with growth arrest.

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Cell DifferentiationAntigens, DifferentiationCell ProliferationCells, CulturedElectric StimulationFilaggrin ProteinsGene ExpressionHumansIntermediate Filament ProteinsKeratinocytesProtein PrecursorsRNA, MessengerAntigens, DifferentiationFilaggrin ProteinsFLG protein, humanIntermediate Filament ProteinsinvolucrinProtein PrecursorsRNA, Messenger

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