Microsecond and nanosecond electric pulses in cancer treatments

M Breton, LM Mir - Bioelectromagnetics, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
New local treatments based on electromagnetic fields have been developed as non‐
surgical and minimally invasive treatments of tumors. In particular, short electric pulses can …

[HTML][HTML] A molecular insight into the electro-transfer of small molecules through electropores driven by electric fields

M Casciola, M Tarek - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Biomembranes, 2016 - Elsevier
The transport of chemical compounds across the plasma membrane into the cell is relevant
for several biological and medical applications. One of the most efficient techniques to …

Molecular dynamics simulations of lipid membrane electroporation

L Delemotte, M Tarek - The Journal of membrane biology, 2012 - Springer
The permeability of cell membranes can be transiently increased following the application of
external electric fields. Theoretical approaches such as molecular modeling provide a …

High-frequency submicrosecond electroporator

V Novickij, A Grainys, P Butkus… - Biotechnology & …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
In this work, we present a novel electroporator which is capable of generating single and
bursts of high power (3 kV, 60 A) square wave pulses of variable duration (100 ns to 1 ms) …

Activation of intracellular phosphoinositide signaling after a single 600 nanosecond electric pulse

GP Tolstykh, HT Beier, CC Roth, GL Thompson… - …, 2013 - Elsevier
Exposure to nanosecond pulsed electrical fields (nsPEFs) results in a myriad of observable
effects in mammalian cells. While these effects are often attributed to the direct …

Effects of time delay between unipolar pulses in high frequency nano-electrochemotherapy

V Novickij, A Balevičiūtė, V Malyško… - IEEE Transactions …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Objective: this work focuses on bleomycin electrochemotherapy using new modality of high
repetition frequency unipolar nanosecond pulses. Methods: As a tumor model, Lewis lung …

Concepts and capabilities of in-house built nanosecond pulsed electric field (nsPEF) generators for electroporation: State of art

P Butkus, A Murauskas, S Tolvaišienė, V Novickij - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Electroporation is a pulsed electric field triggered phenomenon of cell permeabilization,
which is extensively used in biomedical and biotechnological context. There is a growing …

Nanosecond pulsed electric fields act as a novel cellular stress that induces translational suppression accompanied by eIF2α phosphorylation and 4E-BP1 …

K Morotomi-Yano, S Oyadomari, H Akiyama… - Experimental cell …, 2012 - Elsevier
Recent advances in electrical engineering enable the generation of ultrashort electric fields,
namely nanosecond pulsed electric fields (nsPEFs). Contrary to conventional electric fields …

Irreversible electroporation inhibits pro-cancer inflammatory signaling in triple negative breast cancer cells

I Goswami, S Coutermarsh-Ott, RG Morrison, IC Allen… - …, 2017 - Elsevier
Low-level electric fields have been demonstrated to induce spatial re-distribution of cell
membrane receptors when applied for minutes or hours. However, there is limited literature …

Nanosecond electric pulse effects on gene expression

L Chopinet, T Batista-Napotnik, A Montigny… - The Journal of …, 2013 - Springer
Gene electrotransfection using micro-or millisecond electric pulses is a well-established
method for safe gene transfer. For efficient transfection, plasmid DNA has to reach the …