Effect of supercooling and cell volume on intracellular ice formation

Cryobiology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 156-163

  Prickett, Richelle C ^a   Marquez Curtis, Leah A ^a   Elliott, Janet A W ^a   McGann, Locksley E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cryomicroscopy; Cryopreservation; Freezing point depression; Human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs); Membrane integrity

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; HYPERTONIC SOLUTION; ISOTONIC SOLUTION; ICE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CELL ASSAY; CELL COUNT; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE INTEGRITY ASSAY; CELL SIZE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VOLUME; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; COOLING; CRYOPRESERVATION; FREEZE THAWING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACELLULAR ICE FORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERCOOLING; UMBILICAL VEIN ENDOTHELIAL CELL; WATER TRANSPORT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; FREEZING; OSMOLARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

CELL DEATH; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL SIZE; CELLS, CULTURED; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; FREEZING; HUMAN UMBILICAL VEIN ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; ICE; ISOTONIC SOLUTIONS; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; SALINE SOLUTION, HYPERTONIC;

EID: 84924975263     PISSN: 00112240     EISSN: 10902392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2015.02.002     Document Type: Article

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