Comparison and avoidance of toxicity of penetrating cryoprotectants

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Szurek, Edyta A ^a   Eroglu, Ali ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; PROPYLENE GLYCOL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; CRYOPROTECTION; CYTOTOXICITY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXPOSURE; FERTILIZATION; METAPHASE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTHENOGENESIS; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; RISK REDUCTION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CYTOLOGY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLOIDY; TEMPERATURE; TIME; TOXICITY TESTING;

BOVINAE; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION; MICE; OOCYTES; PLOIDIES; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 81155131639     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027604     Document Type: Article

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