Origins of eukaryotic excitability

KY Wan, G Jékely - … Transactions of the Royal Society B, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
All living cells interact dynamically with a constantly changing world. Eukaryotes, in
particular, evolved radically new ways to sense and react to their environment. These …

The interplay of excitation and electroporation in nanosecond pulse stimulation

AG Pakhomov, ON Pakhomova - Bioelectrochemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
Conventional electric stimuli of micro-and millisecond duration excite or activate cells at
voltages 10–100 times below the electroporation threshold. This ratio is remarkably different …

Cold atmospheric pressure plasmas in dermatology: Sources, reactive agents, and therapeutic effects

D Liu, Y Zhang, M Xu, H Chen, X Lu… - Plasma Processes and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Recently, cold atmospheric pressure plasmas (CAPs) have provided many new
opportunities in dermatology by providing a multimodal action of reactive agents (RA). This …

Nanosecond electrochemotherapy using bleomycin or doxorubicin: Influence of pulse amplitude, duration and burst frequency

Electroporation is a pulsed electric field (PEF) induced phenomenon, which effectiveness
varies dependent on pulse parameters. This work focuses on nano-electrochemotherapy …

Identification of electroporation sites in the complex lipid organization of the plasma membrane

L Rems, X Tang, F Zhao, S Pérez-Conesa, I Testa… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
The plasma membrane of a biological cell is a complex assembly of lipids and membrane
proteins, which tightly regulate transmembrane transport. When a cell is exposed to strong …

Advances in pulsed electric stimuli as a physical method for treating liquid foods

F Zare, N Ghasemi, N Bansal, H Hosano - Physics of Life Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
There is a need for alternative technologies that can deliver safe and nutritious foods at
lower costs as compared to conventional processes. Pulsed electric field (PEF) technology …

Effects of high-frequency nanosecond pulses on prostate cancer cells

A Kiełbik, W Szlasa, V Novickij, A Szewczyk… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Electroporation with pulsed electric fields show a potential to be applied as an experimental
focal therapy of tumors. Sub-microsecond regime of electric pulses displays unique …

Effects of pulse repetition rate in static electrochemotherapy models

R Guedert, GB Pintarelli, FRMB Silva, DOH Suzuki - Bioelectrochemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Electroporation alters cell membrane structure and tissue electrical properties by short and
intense pulsed electric fields (PEF). Static mathematical models are often used to explain the …

Exploring the Conformational Changes Induced by Nanosecond Pulsed Electric Fields on the Voltage Sensing Domain of a Ca2+ Channel

AR Ruiz-Fernández, L Campos, F Villanelo… - Membranes, 2021 - mdpi.com
Nanosecond Pulsed Electric Field (nsPEF or Nano Pulsed Stimulation, NPS) is a technology
that delivers a series of pulses of high-voltage electric fields during a short period of time, in …

Electrochemotherapy using doxorubicin and nanosecond electric field pulses: A pilot in vivo study

V Novickij, V Malyško, A Želvys, A Balevičiūtė… - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Pulsed electric field (PEF) is frequently used for intertumoral drug delivery resulting in a well-
known anticancer treatment—electrochemotherapy. However, electrochemotherapy is …