Microbubble mediated sonoporation of cells in suspension: clonogenic viability and influence of molecular size on uptake

R Karshafian, S Samac, PD Bevan, PN Burns - Ultrasonics, 2010 - Elsevier
This work investigates whether the application of sonoporation is limited by the size of a
macromolecule being delivered and by the ability of cells to proliferate following uptake …

Sonoporation by ultrasound-activated microbubble contrast agents: effect of acoustic exposure parameters on cell membrane permeability and cell viability

R Karshafian, PD Bevan, R Williams, S Samac… - Ultrasound in medicine …, 2009 - Elsevier
This work investigates the effect of ultrasound exposure parameters on the sonoporation of
KHT-C cells in suspension by perflutren microbubbles. Variations in insonating acoustic …

Effect of molecular weight on sonoporation-mediated uptake in human cells

DF Bhutto, EM Murphy, MC Priddy, CC Centner… - Ultrasound in Medicine …, 2018 - Elsevier
Ultrasound-induced microbubble destruction can enhance drug delivery to cells. The
molecular weight of therapeutic compounds varies significantly (from< 1 kDa for small …

[HTML][HTML] Efficacy optimization of low frequency microbubble-mediated sonoporation as a drug delivery platform to cancer cells

M Eck, R Aronovich, T Ilovitsh - International Journal of Pharmaceutics: X, 2022 - Elsevier
Ultrasound insonation of microbubbles can be used to form pores in cell membranes and
facilitate the local trans-membrane transport of drugs and genes. An important factor in …

Sonoporation as a cellular stress: induction of morphological repression and developmental delays

X Chen, JMF Wan, CH Alfred - Ultrasound in medicine & biology, 2013 - Elsevier
For sonoporation to be established as a drug/gene delivery paradigm, it is essential to
account for the biological impact of this membrane permeation strategy on living cells. Here …

Adjustment of Ultrasound Exposure Duration to Microbubble Sonodestruction Kinetics for Optimal Cell Sonoporation In Vitro

M Tamošiūnas, R Jurkonis, LM Mir… - … in cancer research …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Cell sonoporation enables the delivery of various exogenous molecules into the cells. To
maximize the percentage of reversibly sonoporated cells and to increase cell viability we …

Key factors that affect sonoporation efficiency in in vitro settings: the importance of standing wave in sonoporation

M Kinoshita, K Hynynen - Biochemical and biophysical research …, 2007 - Elsevier
Ultrasound-induced intracellular drug delivery, sonoporation, is an appealing and promising
technique for next generation drug delivery system. Many types of molecules, such as …

Intracellular delivery and calcium transients generated in sonoporation facilitated by microbubbles

Z Fan, RE Kumon, J Park, CX Deng - Journal of Controlled Release, 2010 - Elsevier
Ultrasound application in the presence of microbubbles is a promising strategy for
intracellular drug and gene delivery, but it may also trigger other cellular responses. This …

Viability of endothelial cells after ultrasound-mediated sonoporation: Influence of targeting, oscillation, and displacement of microbubbles

T van Rooij, I Skachkov, I Beekers, KR Lattwein… - Journal of Controlled …, 2016 - Elsevier
Microbubbles (MBs) have been shown to create transient or lethal pores in cell membranes
under the influence of ultrasound, known as ultrasound-mediated sonoporation. Several …

Contrast agent-free sonoporation: The use of an ultrasonic standing wave microfluidic system for the delivery of pharmaceutical agents

D Carugo, DN Ankrett, P Glynne-Jones, L Capretto… - …, 2011 - pubs.aip.org
Sonoporation is a useful biophysical mechanism for facilitating the transmembrane delivery
of therapeutic agents from the extracellular to the intracellular milieu. Conventionally …