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ArticleUltrasound in medicine & biology2018

Investigation of Optimized Treatment Conditions for Acoustic-Transfection Technique for Intracellular Delivery of Macromolecules.

Min Gon Kim, Sangpil Yoon, Chi Tat Chiu, K Kirk Shung

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Article in Ultrasound in medicine & biology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 32% of its field
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Min Gon KimDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Sangpil YoonDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA. Electronic address: sangpil@usc.edu.
Chi Tat ChiuDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
K Kirk ShungDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
University of Southern California · US

Funding

A Resource on Medical Ultrasonic Transducer TechnologyP41EB002182 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI SHUNG, K KIRK · 2003 to 2016
$13.3M
Acoustic-transfection using high frequency ultrasound for intracellular delivery of macromolecules into targeted single cellsK99GM120493 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI YOON, SANGPIL · 2017 to 2018
$124k
NIBIB NIH HHS P41 EB002182NIGMS NIH HHS K99 GM120493
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Manipulation of cellular functions and structures by introduction of genetic materials inside cells has been one of the most prominent research areas in biomedicine. High-frequency ultrasound acoustic-transfection has recently been developed and confirmed by intracellular delivery of small molecules into HeLa cells at the single-cell level with high cell viability. After we proved the concept underlying the acoustic-transfection technique, treatment conditions for different human cancer cell lines have been intensively investigated to further develop acoustic-transfection as a versatile and adaptable transfection method by satisfying the requirements of high-delivery efficiency and cell membrane permeability with minimal membrane disruption. To determine optimal treatment conditions for different cell lines, we developed a quantitative intracellular delivery score based on delivery efficiency, cell membrane permeability and cell viability after 4 and 20 h of treatment. The intracellular delivery of macromolecules and the simultaneous intracellular delivery of two molecules under optimal treatment conditions were successfully achieved. We found that DNA plasmid was delivered by acoustic-transfection technique into epiblast stem cells, which expressed transient mCherry fluorescence.

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Cell Membrane PermeabilityUltrasonicsAcousticsCell SurvivalHumansMacromolecular SubstancesTime FactorsTransfectionTumor Cells, CulturedMacromolecular SubstancesAcoustic-transfection with high-frequency ultrasoundEpiblast stem cellIntracellular delivery of macromoleculesOptimized treatment conditionsSingle-cell application

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PMID29284555
PMCPMC5800999
OpenAlexW2778295886

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