Measurements and implications of the membrane dipole potential

L Wang - Annual review of biochemistry, 2012 - annualreviews.org
There are three kinds of membrane potentials: the surface potentials, resulting from the
accumulation of charges at the membrane surfaces; the transmembrane potential …

Unlocking the electrochemical functions of biomolecular condensates

Y Dai, ZG Wang, RN Zare - Nature Chemical Biology, 2024 - nature.com
Biomolecular condensation is a key mechanism for organizing cellular processes in a
spatiotemporal manner. The phase-transition nature of this process defines a density …

[HTML][HTML] Resistor–capacitor modeling of the cell membrane: A multiphysics analysis

C Brosseau, E Sabri - Journal of Applied Physics, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
In this Tutorial, we provide a discussion of “What are cell membrane resistance (MR) and
capacitance (MC)?” and then give a number of examples to illustrate how cell membranes …

Conducting and permeable states of cell membrane submitted to high voltage pulses: Mathematical and numerical studies validated by the experiments

M Leguebe, A Silve, LM Mir, C Poignard - Journal of theoretical biology, 2014 - Elsevier
The aim of this paper is to present a new model of in vitro cell electropermeabilization, which
describes separately the conducting state and the permeable state of the membrane …

[HTML][HTML] Water influx and cell swelling after nanosecond electropermeabilization

S Romeo, YH Wu, ZA Levine, MA Gundersen… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2013 - Elsevier
Pulsed electric fields are used to permeabilize cell membranes in biotechnology and the
clinic. Although molecular and continuum models provide compelling representations of the …

Cell volume regulation in chondrocytes

R Lewis, CH Feetham, R Barrett-Jolley - Cellular Physiology and …, 2011 - karger.com
Chondrocytes are the cells within cartilage which produce and maintain the extracellular
matrix. Volume regulation in these cells is vital to their function and occurs in several …

Physical forces in glioblastoma migration: a systematic review

A Grossen, K Smith, N Coulibaly, B Arbuckle… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The invasive capabilities of glioblastoma (GBM) define the cancer's aggressiveness,
treatment resistance, and overall mortality. The tumor microenvironment influences the …

Osmotic behaviour of human mesenchymal stem cells: Implications for cryopreservation

E Casula, GP Asuni, V Sogos, S Fadda, F Delogu… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Aimed at providing a contribution to the optimization of cryopreservation processes, the
present work focuses on the osmotic behavior of human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) …

Ultrafast imaging of cardiomyocyte contractions by combining scanning ion conductance microscopy with a microelectrode array

S Simeonov, TE Schäffer - Analytical chemistry, 2019 - ACS Publications
Beating cardiomyocytes undergo fast morphodynamics during the contraction–relaxation
cycle. However, imaging these morphodynamics with a high spatial and temporal resolution …

Numerical study on the effect of capacitively coupled electrical stimulation on biological cells considering model uncertainties

J Zimmermann, R Altenkirch, U van Rienen - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Electrical stimulation of biological samples such as tissues and cell cultures attracts growing
attention due to its capability of enhancing cell activity, proliferation, and differentiation …