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ArticleThe open biomedical engineering journal2011

Thermostability of biological systems: fundamentals, challenges, and quantification.

Xiaoming He

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Article in The open biomedical engineering journal, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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1 author.

Xiaoming HeMultiscale Biothermostability Engineering Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering Program, University of South Carolina, 300 Main Street, Columbia, SC 29208, USA.

Funding

Microencapsulation of oocytes for low-CPA (cryoprotectant) vitrificationR01EB012108 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AT COLUMBIA · PI HE, XIAOMING · 2011 to 2014
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NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB012108
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This review examines the fundamentals and challenges in engineering/understanding the thermostability of biological systems over a wide temperature range (from the cryogenic to hyperthermic regimen). Applications of the bio-thermostability engineering to either destroy unwanted or stabilize useful biologicals for the treatment of diseases in modern medicine are first introduced. Studies on the biological responses to cryogenic and hyperthermic temperatures for the various applications are reviewed to understand the mechanism of thermal (both cryo and hyperthermic) injury and its quantification at the molecular, cellular and tissue/organ levels. Methods for quantifying the thermophysical processes of the various applications are then summarized accounting for the effect of blood perfusion, metabolism, water transport across cell plasma membrane, and phase transition (both equilibrium and non-equilibrium such as ice formation and glass transition) of water. The review concludes with a summary of the status quo and future perspectives in engineering the thermostability of biological systems.

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blood perfusioncell injurycryoablationcryopreservationcryosurgerycryotherapydesiccationfreeze-dryingglass transitionhyperthermiaintracellular ice formation (IIF)kineticslyopreservationmembranenanotechnology.phase transitionprotein denaturationstasisthermoablationThermotherapyvascular injuryvitrificationwater transport

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PMID21769301
PMCPMC3137158

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