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ArticleAIChE journal. American Institute of Chemical Engineers2021

Natural deep eutectic systems for nature-inspired cryopreservation of cells.

Kathlyn Hornberger, Rui Li, Ana Rita C Duarte, Allison Hubel

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Article in AIChE journal. American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Thermodynamic Principles of Emerging Cryopreservation Technologies.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2026
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  14. Stabilization of insect cell membranes and soluble enzymes by accumulated cryoprotectants during freezing stress.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Kathlyn Hornberger *Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.ORCID 0000-0001-8737-394X
Rui Li *Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.ORCID 0000-0002-0050-3893
Ana Rita C DuarteDepartamento de Química, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, Portugal.
Allison HubelDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.ORCID 0000-0001-5856-0500
University of Minnesota · USUniversidade Nova de Lisboa · PT

Funding

Multicomponent solutions for the preservation of cell therapy productsR01HL154734 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI HUBEL, ALLISON · 2020 to 2023
$1.6M
Multicomponent solutions for the preservation of cell therapy productsR01EB023880 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI HUBEL, ALLISON · 2017 to 2019
$1.1M
Integrated training in development and clinical practice of cell-based therapiesR25HL128372 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI HUBEL, ALLISON, MCKENNA, DAVID HURLEY · 2015 to 2019
$553k
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL154734NHLBI NIH HHS R25 HL128372NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB023880
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Natural deep eutectic systems (NADES) are emerging as potential cryoprotective agents (CPA) for cell preservation. In this investigation, we develop an optimized CPA formulation using trehalose-glycerol NADES (T:G) diluted in Normosol-R and supplemented with isoleucine. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) is used to define the thermophysical properties of NADES-based solutions, and Raman spectroscopy is used to characterize the effect of NADES on ice formation and hydrogen bonding. Jurkat cells are cryopreserved in each solution, and post-thaw cell recovery, apoptosis, and growth are quantified. Raman spectra and heat maps show that NADES suppresses both ice formation and dehydration of the nonfrozen region. Supplementing NADES with isoleucine does not affect the solution's thermophysical properties but significantly improves the cells' survival and proliferation post-thaw. The study indicates that thermophysical properties of CPA solutions alone cannot predict optimal cell survival, suggesting that stabilization of biological structures by CPAs may play a role in successful cryopreservation.

Indexed as

amino acidscryopreservationdifferential scanning calorimetrynatural deep eutectic solventsRaman spectroscopy

Identifiers

PMID34321676
PMCPMC8315112
OpenAlexW3089835622

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