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ArticleJournal of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine2018

Bio-inspired solute enables preservation of human oocytes using minimum volume vitrification.

Jung Kyu Choi, Rami El Assal, Nicholas Ng, Elizabeth Ginsburg, Richard L Maas, Raymond M Anchan, Utkan Demirci

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Article in Journal of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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  5. Cryopreservation of NK and T Cells Without DMSO for Adoptive Cell-Based Immunotherapy.BioDrugs : clinical immunotherapeutics, biopharmaceuticals and gene therapy · 2021
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  6. Bioinspired Preservation of Natural Killer Cells for Cancer Immunotherapy.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2019
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7 authors.

Jung Kyu ChoiBio-Acoustic-MEMS in Medicine (BAMM) Laboratories, Canary Center at Stanford for Early Cancer Detection, Department of Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California, USA.
Rami El AssalBio-Acoustic-MEMS in Medicine (BAMM) Laboratories, Canary Center at Stanford for Early Cancer Detection, Department of Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California, USA.
Nicholas NgCenter for Infertility and Reproductive Surgery, Department of Obstetrics Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Elizabeth GinsburgCenter for Infertility and Reproductive Surgery, Department of Obstetrics Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Richard L MaasDivision of Genetics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Raymond M AnchanCenter for Infertility and Reproductive Surgery, Department of Obstetrics Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Utkan DemirciBio-Acoustic-MEMS in Medicine (BAMM) Laboratories, Canary Center at Stanford for Early Cancer Detection, Department of Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2784-1590

Funding

Platform technology for detection of cancer-associated viruses in HIV patientsR01DE024971 · NIDCR · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI DEMIRCI, UTKAN, KAYE, KENNETH M · 2015 to 2019
$2.1M
Minimizing the role of cryoprotectant toxicity for cryopreservationR01EB015776 · NIBIB · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI DEMIRCI, UTKAN · 2012 to 2015
$1.5M
NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB015776NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE024971
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The ability to cryopreserve human oocytes has significant potential for fertility preservation. Current cryopreservation methods still suffer from the use of conventional cryoprotectants, such as dimethyl sulphoxide (DMSO), causing loss of viability and function. Such injuries result from the toxicity and high concentration of cryoprotectants, as well as mechanical damage of cells due to ice crystal formation during the cooling and rewarming processes. Here we report the preservation of human oocytes following vitrification using an innovative bio-inspired cryoprotectant integrated with a minimum volume vitrification approach. The results demonstrate that the recovered human oocytes maintained viability following vitrification and rewarming. Moreover, when this approach was used to vitrify mouse oocytes, the recovered oocytes preserved their viability and function following vitrification and rewarming. This bio-inspired approach substitutes DMSO, a well-known toxic cryoprotectant, with ectoine, a non-toxic naturally occurring solute. The bio-inspired vitrification approach has the potential to improve fertility preservation for women undergoing cancer treatment and endangered mammal species.

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CryopreservationVitrificationAnimalsBiomimeticsCell SurvivalEmbryonic DevelopmentFemaleHumansMice, Inbred C57BLOocytesParthenogenesisbio-inspired materialectoinehuman oocytelow level of cryoprotectantsnaturally inspiredvitrification

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PMCPMC5766438

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