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Polymer mimics of biomacromolecular antifreezes
Antifreeze proteins from polar fish species are remarkable biomacromolecules which prevent the growth of ice crystals. Ice crystal growth is a major problem in cell/tissue cryopreservation for transplantation, transfusion and basic biomedical research, as well as technological applications such as i...
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2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5688100/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29142216 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01421-7 |
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author | Biggs, Caroline I. Bailey, Trisha L. Ben Graham Stubbs, Christopher Fayter, Alice Gibson, Matthew I. |
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description | Antifreeze proteins from polar fish species are remarkable biomacromolecules which prevent the growth of ice crystals. Ice crystal growth is a major problem in cell/tissue cryopreservation for transplantation, transfusion and basic biomedical research, as well as technological applications such as icing of aircraft wings. This review will introduce the rapidly emerging field of synthetic macromolecular (polymer) mimics of antifreeze proteins. Particular focus is placed on designing polymers which have no structural similarities to antifreeze proteins but reproduce the same macroscopic properties, potentially by different molecular-level mechanisms. The application of these polymers to the cryopreservation of donor cells is also introduced. |
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spelling | pubmed-56881002017-11-17 Polymer mimics of biomacromolecular antifreezes Biggs, Caroline I. Bailey, Trisha L. Ben Graham Stubbs, Christopher Fayter, Alice Gibson, Matthew I. Nat Commun Review Article Antifreeze proteins from polar fish species are remarkable biomacromolecules which prevent the growth of ice crystals. Ice crystal growth is a major problem in cell/tissue cryopreservation for transplantation, transfusion and basic biomedical research, as well as technological applications such as icing of aircraft wings. This review will introduce the rapidly emerging field of synthetic macromolecular (polymer) mimics of antifreeze proteins. Particular focus is placed on designing polymers which have no structural similarities to antifreeze proteins but reproduce the same macroscopic properties, potentially by different molecular-level mechanisms. The application of these polymers to the cryopreservation of donor cells is also introduced. Nature Publishing Group UK 2017-11-16 /pmc/articles/PMC5688100/ /pubmed/29142216 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01421-7 Text en © The Author(s) 2017 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
spellingShingle | Review Article Biggs, Caroline I. Bailey, Trisha L. Ben Graham Stubbs, Christopher Fayter, Alice Gibson, Matthew I. Polymer mimics of biomacromolecular antifreezes |
title | Polymer mimics of biomacromolecular antifreezes |
title_full | Polymer mimics of biomacromolecular antifreezes |
title_fullStr | Polymer mimics of biomacromolecular antifreezes |
title_full_unstemmed | Polymer mimics of biomacromolecular antifreezes |
title_short | Polymer mimics of biomacromolecular antifreezes |
title_sort | polymer mimics of biomacromolecular antifreezes |
topic | Review Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5688100/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29142216 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01421-7 |
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