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ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Richard Helm
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-1455 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Journal of cellular physiology 20060201 2
Understanding how cells withstand a depletion of intracellular water is relevant to the study of longevity, aging, and quiescence because one consequence of air-drying is metabolic arrest. After removal of medium, HEK293 spheroids with intracellular water content of approximately 65% survived partial vacuum, with antistatic control, for weeks in the dark at 25 degrees C. In contrast, only a limited exposure of monolayers to air was lethal; the mitochondrion being a target of this stress. The pat ...[more]