Measurement of the efficiency of cell membrane electroporation using pulsed ac fields

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 4747-4757

  Chen, C ^a   Evans, J A ^b   Robinson, M P ^a   Smye, S W ^c   O'Toole, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THEORY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS;

AC ELECTRIC FIELDS; AC FIELDS; ELECTROPORATION; HUMAN KIDNEY; IN-VIVO; MEMBRANE ELECTROPORATION; MONOTONICALLY; PEAK AMPLITUDES; SQUARE WAVES;

CELL MEMBRANES;

ARTICLE; CELL KILLING; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRODE; ELECTROPORATION; EMBRYO CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KIDNEY CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CASPASES; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL SURVIVAL; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROPORATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCEINS; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 51849131148     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/17/019     Document Type: Article

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