Non-thermal atmospheric pressure plasma has been proposed as a new tool for various
biological and medical applications. Plasma in close proximity to cell culture media or water …

Photodynamic therapy (PDT), with its advantages of high targeting, minimally invasive, and
low toxicity side effects, has been widely used in the clinical therapy of various tumors …

Nitric oxide (NO) is a key player in both the development and suppression of tumourigenesis
depending on the source and concentration of NO. In this review, we discuss the …

Sepsis is a potentially fatal whole-body inflammatory state caused by severe infection, in
which a maladaptive, system-wide inflammatory response follows initial attempts to …

Metal-based antitumor drugs play a relevant role in antiblastic chemotherapy. Cisplatin is
regarded as one of the most effective drugs, even if severe toxicities and drug resistance …

Nitric oxide (NO) is synthesised by many cell types involved in immunity and inflammation.
The principal enzyme involved is the inducible type-2 isoform of nitric oxide synthase (NOS …

It is well established that some chemotherapeutic agents and radiation therapy generate
reactive oxygen species (ROS) in patients during cancer therapy. Free radicals, particularly …

Accumulating evidence suggests that inflammation has a key role in the pathogenesis of
osteoarthritis (OA). Nitric oxide (NO) has been established as one of the major inflammatory …

Fluorescent compounds based on synthetic small molecules are powerful tools to visualize
biological events in living cells and organisms. Ever since the discovery of organic …

The air that we breathe contains nearly 21% oxygen, most of which is utilized by
mitochondria during respiration. While we cannot live without it, it was perceived as a bane …