[HTML][HTML] Clarifying tissue clearing

DS Richardson, JW Lichtman - Cell, 2015 - cell.com
Biological specimens are intrinsically three dimensional; however, because of the obscuring
effects of light scatter, imaging deep into a tissue volume is problematic. Although efforts to …

Cosolvent effects on protein stability

DR Canchi, AE García - Annual review of physical chemistry, 2013 - annualreviews.org
Proteins are marginally stable, and the folding/unfolding equilibrium of proteins in aqueous
solution can easily be altered by the addition of small organic molecules known as …

Supramolecular thermo‐contracting adhesive hydrogel with self‐removability simultaneously enhancing noninvasive wound closure and MRSA‐infected wound …

R Yu, M Li, Z Li, G Pan, Y Liang… - Advanced Healthcare …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Conventional wound closure and dressing are two crucial, time‐consuming but isolated
principles in wound care. Even though tissue adhesive opens a new era for wound closure …

Mechanisms of protein stabilization and prevention of protein aggregation by glycerol

V Vagenende, MGS Yap, BL Trout - Biochemistry, 2009 - ACS Publications
The stability of proteins in aqueous solution is routinely enhanced by cosolvents such as
glycerol. Glycerol is known to shift the native protein ensemble to more compact states …

Protein–excipient interactions: Mechanisms and biophysical characterization applied to protein formulation development

TJ Kamerzell, R Esfandiary, SB Joshi… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2011 - Elsevier
The purpose of this review is to demonstrate the critical importance of understanding protein–
excipient interactions as a key step in the rational design of formulations to stabilize and …

Chemistry of Hofmeister anions and osmolytes

Y Zhang, PS Cremer - Annual review of physical chemistry, 2010 - annualreviews.org
The study of the interactions of salts and osmolytes with macromolecules in aqueous
solution originated with experiments concerning protein precipitation more than 100 years …

Chemical principles in tissue clearing and staining protocols for whole-body cell profiling

K Tainaka, A Kuno, SI Kubota… - Annual review of cell …, 2016 - annualreviews.org
Mammalian bodies have more than a billion cells per cubic centimeter, which makes whole-
body cell (WBC) profiling of an organism one of the ultimate challenges in biology and …

Physical and chemical mechanisms of tissue optical clearing

T Yu, J Zhu, D Li, D Zhu - Iscience, 2021 - cell.com
Advanced optical methods combined with various probes pave the way toward molecular
imaging within living cells. However, major challenges are associated with the need to …

Water structure and chaotropicity: their uses, abuses and biological implications

P Ball, JE Hallsworth - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
The concept of “water structure” has been invoked to explain all manner of aqueous
phenomena. Here we look at the origins of this tendency to understand solute hydration in …

Urea, but not guanidinium, destabilizes proteins by forming hydrogen bonds to the peptide group

WK Lim, J Rösgen… - Proceedings of the …, 2009 - National Acad Sciences
The mechanism by which urea and guanidinium destabilize protein structure is
controversial. We tested the possibility that these denaturants form hydrogen bonds with …