Full Member
Sandra Ayuk
Membership since:
2025
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Awards
Degrees:
2018
Sandra Ayuk > Degrees
Medical and Health Sciences incl Neurosciences
2013
Sandra Ayuk > Degrees
Medical and Health Sciences incl Neurosciences
2011
Sandra Ayuk > Degrees
Medical and Health Sciences incl Neurosciences
Publications resulting from Research
Sandra M Ayuk and Heidi Abrahamse (2019) mTOR Signalling pathway in Cancer Targets Photodynamic therapy in vitro, Cells- 8(5), Published May 9, DOI: 10.3390/cells8050431
Nicolette Houreld, Sandra Ayuk, Heidi Abrahamse (2018) Cell Adhesion Molecules are Mediated by Photobiomodulation at 660 nm in Diabetic Wounded Fibroblast Cells, Cells, 7(4): 30, published 16 April 2018. https//doi: 10.3390/cells7040030.
Ayuk, S.M., Abrahamse, H. and Houreld, N. (2018). Effect of 660 nm visible red light on cell proliferation and viability in diabetic models in vitro under stressed conditions, Lasers in Medical Science, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10103-017-2432-2, published 8 March 2018
Ayuk, S.M., Abrahamse, H. and Houreld, N.N. (2018) Photobiomodulation alters matrix protein activity in stressed fibroblast cells in vitro, Journal of Biophotonics, 11(3).https://doi: 10.1002/jbio.201700127, published 7 Nov 2017
S.M. Ayuk., H. Abrahamse and N.N. Houreld (2016) The role of matrix metalloproteinases (MMP) in diabetic wound healing in relation to photobiomodulation (PBM), Journal for Diabetes Research Volume 2016, Article ID 2897656, 9 pages, https://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/2897656, 8 May 2016
S.M. Ayuk., H. Abrahamse and N.N. Houreld (2016) The role of laser phototherapy (photobiostimulation) on cell adhesion molecules in diabetic wounded fibroblasts in vitro, Journal for Photochemistry and Photobiology B:Biology 161: 368–374. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2016.05.027, published 1 Jun 2016
Ayuk, S.M., Houreld, N.N. and Abrahamse, H. (2014) Laser Irradiation Alters the Expression Profile of Genes Involved in the Extracellular Matrix In Vitro, International Journal of Photoenergy, 2014 (2014), Article ID 604518, 17 pages, https://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/604518, Published 23 Jun 2014
Houreld, N., Ayuk S. and Abrahamse, H. (2014) Expression of Genes involved in Wound Healing in Response to Irradiation at 660 nm. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology 130:146-152. doi: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2013.11.018. Published 27 Nov 2013
Ayuk, S.M., Houreld N.N. and Abrahamse H. (2012) Response of Low Intensity Laser Irradiation on Collagen Production in Diabetic Wounded Fibroblast In Vitro Diabetes Technology and Therapeutics. 14(12):1110-1117. https://doi.org/10.1089/dia.2012.0125, Published 11 Oct 2012
S.M. Ayuk., H. Abrahamse and N.N. Houreld (2016) Gene expression changes in diabetic wound healing as induced by photobiostimulation in vitro, in The Proceedings of the 60th Annual Conference of the South African Institute of Physics (SAIP2015), edited by Makaiko Chithambo (RU) and André Venter (NMMU) (2015), pp. 244-248. ISBN: 978-0-620-70714-5.
Ayuk, S.M., Houreld, N.N. and Abrahamse, H. (2013) Response of low intensity laser irradiation on collagen production in diabetic wounded fibroblast in vitro. Proceedings of the 57th annual conference of the South African Institute of Physics. ISBN: 978-1-77592-070-0. pp.283-287 (Published 12 Dec 2014).
Houreld N.N. and Ayuk S.M. (2017) Influence of Photobiomodulation (Low-Level Laser Therapy) on Diabetic Wound Healing. In: Low-Level Laser Therapy: History, Mechanisms, and Medical Uses. NOVA publishers, New York, ISBN: 978-1-53613-227-4
Ayuk S M. Role of Low Intensity Laser Irradiation in Wound healing in vitro. Houreld N N and Abrahamse H. (Eds), Lambert Academic publishing, Omniscriptum Publishing group, Balti, Moldova 2018, accepted 28 Mar 2018. Final Submission 6 July 2018