Bipolar nanosecond electric pulses are less efficient at electropermeabilization and killing cells than monopolar pulses.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Ibey, Bennett L.; Ullery, Jody C.; Pakhomova, Olga N.; Roth, Caleb C.; Semenov, Iurii; Beier, Hope T.; Tarango, Melissa; Xiao, Shu; Schoenbach, Karl H.; Pakhomov, Andrei G.
- Source
- Biochemical & Biophysical Research Communications. Jan2014, Vol. 443 Issue 2, p568-573. 6p.
- Subject
- *CELL membranes
*CELL permeability
*ELECTRIC fields
*KILLER cells
*ELECTROMAGNETIC pulses
- Language
- ISSN
- 0006-291X
Highlights: [•] Bipolar nanosecond pulses are less effective at plasma membrane permeabilization. [•] Bipolar nanosecond pulses are much less effective at killing cells. [•] Cell electropermeabilization is not solely dependent on peak electric field. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]