Impact of Photoactivated Curcumin on Proliferation of Experimentally Induced Periodontitis and Diabetic Gingival Fibroblast Cell Line
Ananya Sharma, Vivek Kumar Bains, Chetan Chandra, Ruchi Srivastava, Sunakshi Soi, Utkarsh Singh, Aditya Bhushan Pant · 2024
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Curcumin, the yellow spice compound, can fight microbes when light switches it on, a trick dentists hope to use in gum disease. Ananya Sharma and six co-authors tested light-activated curcumin in 2024 on gum fibroblast cells made to mimic health, diabetes, and gum disease together.
Cells of the three kinds were exposed to curcumin alone, light alone, or both together, using a dental curing light. A fluorescent dye then reported how many cells had grown and how many stayed alive. Healthy cells grew significantly better under the treatments in their readings. The work is an early lab step toward light-based add-on care for diabetic patients, whose gums heal poorly and whose infections run deep.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Ananya Sharma, Vivek Kumar Bains, Chetan Chandra, Ruchi Srivastava, Sunakshi Soi, Utkarsh Singh, Aditya Bhushan Pant |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 22 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |