Evidence map›Paper›PMID 37401839›Full record

ArticleChemical communications (Cambridge, England)2023

Proline-conditioning and chemically-programmed ice nucleation protects spheroids during cryopreservation.

Yanan Gao, Akalabya Bissoyi, Nina L H Kinney, Thomas F Whale, Qiongyu Guo, Matthew I Gibson

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Article in Chemical communications (Cambridge, England), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Yanan GaoDepartment of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK. m.i.gibson@warwick.ac.uk.
Akalabya BissoyiDivision of Biomedical Sciences, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK.
Nina L H KinneyDepartment of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK. m.i.gibson@warwick.ac.uk.
Thomas F WhaleDepartment of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK. m.i.gibson@warwick.ac.uk.
Qiongyu GuoDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1916-9100
Matthew I GibsonDepartment of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK. m.i.gibson@warwick.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8297-1278

Funding

European Research Council 866056European Research Council 899872
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spheroids mimic 3-D tissue niches better than standard cell cultures. Cryopreserving spheroids, however, remains challenging as conventional cryoprotectants do not mitigate all damage mechanisms. Here chemically-programmed extracellular ice nucleation is used to prevent supercooling, alongside proline pre-conditioning, which are found to synergystically improve post-thaw recovery of spheroids. This validates the need to identify compounds and materials to address both biochemical and biophysical damage pathways beyond standard cryoprotectants.

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IceProlineCryopreservationCryoprotective AgentsFreezingCryoprotective AgentsIceProline

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PMID37401839
PMCPMC10358716

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