We examined the effect of helium-neon (He-Ne) laser irradiation with a wavelength of 632.8 nm on cell cycle synchronisation of monolayer growing mouse myeloma (Sp2-Ag14) cell line. The monolayer cultures were exposed to repeated doses of different energy densities (4–64 J/cm2). The nuclear DNA content has been studied by flow cytometry to obtain the cell percentage in each cell cycle phase. Results showed that the He-Ne laser irradiation at energy densities of 8–64 J/cm2 produced a significative and different effect on the G0–G1 and S phases of cell cycle over control. In contrast, no significant effect in G2–M phase was produced by He-Ne laser irradiation at any energy density compared with non-treated control. These results support previous observations suggesting that He-Ne laser irradiation of low energy density interferes with cell cycling and may inhibit cell proliferation when irradiation is performed at doses of 8 J/cm2 or more.
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Received for publication 22 July 1997; accepted following revision 6 February 1998.
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Ocaña-Quero, J., Perez de la Lastra, J., Gomez-Villamandos, R. et al. Biological Effect of Helium-Neon (He-Ne) Laser Irradiation on Mouse Myeloma (Sp2-Ag14) Cell Line In Vitro. Lasers Med Sci 13, 214–218 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s101030050077
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