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Numerical analyses of electroporation-mediated doxorubicin uptake in eukaryotic cells: role of membrane cholesterol content

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Title Numerical analyses of electroporation-mediated doxorubicin uptake in eukaryotic cells: role of membrane cholesterol content
 
Creator Shil, Pratip
Achary, Kimmoju Bhanuprakash
Alagarasu, Kalichamy
 
Subject Cholesterol content
Doxorubicin
Electroporation
Pore dynamics
 
Description 52-61
Electroporation or electropermeabilization is a biophysical process involving enhanced permeability of biological cell membrane due to the application of an electric field of very short duration. Since its inception in the early 1970’s, the technique has been utilized widely in biomedical research and applications including gene transfection and electrochemotherapy of cancer. Past theoretical models of cell electroporation considered approximations which made the predicted results very different from the experimental descriptions of poration, especially for electrochemotherapy applications. Present work is a theoretical formulation and numerical implementation of small molecule (Doxorubicin) uptake during electroporation of a mammalian cell with cholesterol-containing membrane. Here, we explore the effects of changes in membrane cholesterol content on electroporation pore dynamics and uptake of small molecules.
 
Date 2018-03-23T12:22:44Z
2018-03-23T12:22:44Z
2018-02
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-0959 (Online); 0301-1208 (Print)
http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/44013
 
Language en_US
 
Rights <img src='http://nopr.niscair.res.in/image/cc-license-sml.png'> <a href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/in' target='_blank'>CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India</a>
 
Publisher NISCAIR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJBB Vol.55(1) [February 2018]