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Hyperbaric Oxygen Inhibits Stimulus-Induced Pro-Inflammatory Cytokine Synthesis By Human Blood-Derived Monocyte-Macrophages, Lisa Minter, R.M. Benson, B.A. Osborne, E.V. Granowitz

Lisa Minter

Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) is 100% oxygen administered at elevated atmospheric pressure to patients with inflammatory diseases. We developed an in vitro model to investigate the effects of HBO on stimulus-induced proinflammatory cytokine transcription and translation. Human blood-derived monocyte-macrophages were stimulated before being transferred to an HBO chamber where they were incubated at 97·9% O2, 2·1% CO2, 2·4 atmospheres absolute, 37°C. Controls were maintained in the same warm room at normoxia at sea level, hyperoxia or increased pressure alone. A 90-min HBO exposure inhibited IL-1β synthesized in response to lipopolysaccharide by 23%, lipid A by 45%, phytohaemagglutinin A (PHA) by 68%, …