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Effects of hyperbaric oxygen therapy on the expression levels of the inflammatory factors interleukin-12p40, macrophage inflammatory protein-1β, platelet-derived growth factor-BB, and interleukin-1 receptor antagonist in keloids.
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- Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in Aesthetic Medicine and Anti-Aging: A Systematic Review.Aesthetic plastic surgery · 2025Pooled it
- The Effects of Hyperbaric Oxygenation on Oxidative Stress, Inflammation and Angiogenesis.Biomolecules · 2021Pooled it
- Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy as a Renewed Hope for Ischemic Craniomaxillofacial Diseases.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Comparative Efficacy of Silicone Sheets and Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in Post-Surgical Scar Prevention: A Prospective Observational Study.International journal of medical sciences · 2025Observational
- Case Report: Clinical application of hyperbaric oxygen therapy after bladder fistula repair surgery: a report of 7 cases and literature review.Frontiers in surgery · 2025Article
- Endothelial Dysfunction and Cardiovascular Disease: Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy as an Emerging Therapeutic Modality?Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2024Review
- The diagnostic value and associated molecular mechanism study for fibroblast-related mitochondrial genes on keloid.Skin research and technology : official journal of International Society for Bioengineering and the Skin (ISBS) [and] International Society for Digital Imaging of Skin (ISDIS) [and] International Society for Skin Imaging (ISSI) · 2024Article
- Effect of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy on Patients with SARS-CoV-2 Infection: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2024Article
- Spotlight on pro-inflammatory chemokines: regulators of cellular communication in cognitive impairment.Frontiers in immunology · 2024Review
- Effects of hyperbaric oxygen therapy on autistic behaviors andFrontiers in neuroscience · 2024Article
- Advances in Immunomodulatory Mechanisms of Mesenchymal Stem Cells-Derived Exosome on Immune Cells in Scar Formation.International journal of nanomedicine · 2023Review
- Effect of Mortalin on Scar Formation in Human Dermal Fibroblasts and a Rat Incisional Scar Model.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Article
- Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for healthy aging: From mechanisms to therapeutics.Redox biology · 2022Review
- Therapeutic Strategies by Regulating Interleukin Family to Suppress Inflammation in Hypertrophic Scar and Keloid.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2021Review
- Acute Effects on the Human Peripheral Blood Transcriptome of Decompression Sickness Secondary to Scuba Diving.Frontiers in physiology · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundOur study aimed to screen and explore the expression of inflammatory factors in keloid patients and to investigate how hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy affects the expression levels of interleukin-12p40 (IL-12p40), macrophage inflammatory protein-1β (MIP-1β), platelet-derived growth factor-BB (PDGF-BB), and interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1Ra).
objective30 patients were randomly selected and divided into the following 3 groups: keloid samples from keloid patients treated with HBO therapy (A), keloid samples from keloid patients treated without HBO therapy (B), and normal control skin samples derived from individuals who had no clear scarring (C). Each group included 10 samples.
methodsInflammatory factors in the keloid tissues were measured with the MILLIPLEX multiplexed Luminex system. Hematoxylin and eosin staining, immunohistochemical staining, and Western blotting were used to observe the morphological differences in different tissues and the expression levels.
resultsThe expression levels of inflammatory mediators, including IL-12p40, MIP-1β, PDGF-BB, and IL-1Ra, in keloid tissues were significantly different from those in samples of normal skin. Hematoxylin and eosin staining showed significantly greater inflammatory infiltration in keloid tissue. Significantly different expression levels were observed in group A, B, and C.
conclusionSignificantly altered levels of inflammatory factors in the samples from keloid patients were observed, suggesting that formation of a keloid is potentially related to inflammatory responses. HBO therapy could significantly affect the expression levels of IL-12p40, MIP-1β, PDGF-BB, and IL-1Ra, indicating that the effects of HBO therapy are associated with the attenuation of inflammatory responses.
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