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ReviewRSC medicinal chemistry2024

Trehalose in cryopreservation. Applications, mechanisms and intracellular delivery opportunities.

Alex Murray, Peter Kilbride, Matthew I Gibson

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Review in RSC medicinal chemistry, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed.

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  11. Cryopreservation of biological materials: applications and economic perspectives.In vitro cellular & developmental biology. Animal · 2026
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  12. Principles Underlying Cryopreservation and Freeze-Drying of Cells.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2026
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  13. Okra extract as a promising biopolymeric shield for robustCurrent research in food science · 2026
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  16. Cold adaptation mechanisms of the psychrotolerant filamentous ascomycete Psychrophilomyces antarcticus.Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Alex MurrayDepartment of Chemistry, University of Warwick CV4 7AL UK.
Peter KilbrideAsymptote, Cytiva Chivers Way Cambridge CB24 9BZ USA.
Matthew I GibsonDepartment of Chemistry, University of Warwick CV4 7AL UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8297-1278

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cryopreservation is crucial to fields including immune and stem cell therapies, reproductive technology, blood banking, regenerative medicine and across all biotechnology. During cryopreservation, cryoprotectants are essential to protect cells from the damage caused by exposure to freezing temperatures. The most common penetrating cryoprotectants, such as DMSO and glycerol do not give full recovery and have a cytotoxicity limit on the concentration which can be applied. The non-reducing disaccharide trehalose has been widely explored and used to supplement these, inspired by its use in nature to aid survival at extreme temperatures and/or desiccation. However, trehalose has challenges to its use, particular its low membrane permeability, and how its protective role compares to other sugars. Here we review the application of trehalose and its reported benefit and seek to show where chemical tools can improve its function. In particular, we highlight emerging chemical methods to deliver (as cargo, or

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PMID39309363
PMCPMC11411628

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