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  • Title: Proliferative response of human diploid fibroblasts to intermittent light exposure.
    Author: Parshad R, Sanford KK.
    Journal: J Cell Physiol; 1977 Sep; 92(3):481-5. PubMed ID: 903385.
    Abstract:
    Three- to four-hour exposure to fluorescent light, one to three times weekly, reproducibly enhanced the proliferation rate of human diploid fibroblasts. This enhancement was observed in WI-38 and a line from whole embryo mince at late population doubling level (PDL) as well as in a line from adult skin at early PDL. Single or multiple exposures of short duration stimulated proliferation, whereas exposures of long duration were cytotoxic. This proliferative response is reversible, and is mediated through the culture medium, Dulbecco Vogt's supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum. Apparently light produces some mitogenic substance(s) in the culture medium that accumulates in the cells and is toxic or growth-stimulatory depending on its concentration per cell. Another possibility is that light produces in the medium both cytotoxic and growth-stimulatory substances.
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