Synergistic effects of local temperature enhancements on cellular responses in the context of high-intensity, ultrashort electric pulses.
Results of self-consistent analyses of cells show the possibility of temperature increases at membranes in response to a single nanosecond, high-voltage pulse, at least over small sections of the membrane. Molecular Dynamics simulations indicate that such a temperature increase could facilitate pora...
| Publicado en: | Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing Vol. 49; no. 6; pp. 713 - 719 |
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| Autores principales: | , , , , , |
| Formato: | research Journal Article |
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Springer Nature
Jun2011
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| Sumario: | Results of self-consistent analyses of cells show the possibility of temperature increases at membranes in response to a single nanosecond, high-voltage pulse, at least over small sections of the membrane. Molecular Dynamics simulations indicate that such a temperature increase could facilitate poration, which is one example of a bio-process at the plasma membrane. Our study thus suggests that the use of repetitive high-intensity voltage pulses could open up possibilities for a host of synergistic bio-responses involving both thermal and electrically driven phenomena. |
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