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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
Volume 7, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/srep41551
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- department of biotechnology (DBT), ministry of science and technology, Govt. of India [BT/PR7376/MED/29/669/2012, BT/PR11841/MED/32/105/2009]
- Department of Science and Technology-UK India Education and Research Initiative (DST-UKIERI) [DST/INT/UK/P-58/2014]
- DST-Japan Society for Promotion of Science [DST/INT/JSPS/P-184/2014]
- DBT-TATA Innovation Fellowship
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We studied the potential of polymeric cryogel matrices such as 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA)agarose (HA) and gelatin matrix as a transporting and storage material for mammalian cells. Both the HA and gelatin matrices were found to possess a homogenous distribution of pores as shown by scanning electron microscopic (SEM) images and flow rate of 8 and 5 mL/min, respectively. In the case of HA cryogel, after 5 days of simulated transportation, C2C12 cells kept in cryogel matrix showed higher percentage viability (89%) as compared to 64.5% viability of cells kept in suspension culture. The cells recovered from the HA cryogel were able to proliferate as revealed by the microscopic analysis. In the case of gelatin cryogel, it was shown that C2C12 cells seeded on the cryogel under simulated transportation condition were found to proliferate over the period of 5 days. It was also observed that the cells after simulation can be cryopreserved and the duration of cryopreservation does not affect their viability. Furthermore, gelatin cryogel was used for cryopreservation of HepG2 and HUVEC cells to extend the system for other cell types. These results show the potential of cryogels as efficient, low-cost transporting matrix at room temperature and in cryo-conditions.
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