Human platelets loaded with trehalose survive freeze-drying

Cryobiology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 79-87

  Wolkers, Willem F ^a   Walker, Naomi J ^b   Tablin, Fern ^b   Crowe, John H ^a  

^a Sect of Molec and Cellular Biology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Desiccation tolerance; Freeze drying; Glasses; Platelets; Trehalose

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; COLLAGEN; PROTEIN; RISTOCETIN; THROMBIN; TREHALOSE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD STORAGE; ENDOCYTOSIS; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; FREEZE DRYING; INFRARED SPECTROMETRY; LIFESPAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHYDRATION; SURVIVAL; THROMBOCYTE;

EID: 0034964582     PISSN: 00112240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cryo.2001.2306     Document Type: Article

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