Data in Brief (Mar 2016)

Data in support of effect of blue LED irradiation in human lymphoma cells

  • Phil-Sun Oh,
  • Hyosook Hwang,
  • Hwan-Seok Jeong,
  • Jeongil Kwon,
  • Hyun-Soo Kim,
  • Minjoo Kim,
  • SeokTae Lim,
  • Myung-Hee Sohn,
  • Hwan-Jeong Jeong

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6
pp. 630 – 633

Abstract

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As a new and preferred light source for phototherapy, blue light emitting diodes (LEDs) with wavelengths of 400–500 nm have been used to treat hyperbilirubinaemia in infantile jaundice [1]. Recent studies report that blue LED irradiation induces apoptosis by stimulating a mitochondrial pathway and reduces the early growth rate of melanoma cells in mice [2]. Here, we detected the induction of apoptotic cell death and formation of autophagosome in human B lymphoma cells after irradiation with blue LED. This paper provides data in support of the research article entitled “Blue light emitting diode induces apoptosis in lymphoid cells by stimulating autophagy” [3].