Osmotic shock or osmotic stress is physiologic dysfunction caused by a sudden change in the solute concentration around a cell, which causes a rapid change...

generation, and healthcare. Brining Homeostasis Osmoregulation Osmotic shock Osmotic power Plasmolysis Reverse osmosis plant Salinity gradient power...

there are three methodologies available. The first, and simplest, is osmotic shock, which is achieved by submerging the sample in fresh water for a few...

Insulin shock or diabetic hypoglycemia, from too much insulin Insulin shock therapy, purposely induced insulin shock, obsolete therapy Osmotic shock, caused...

is characterized by the chemical activity of water. Osmotic shock Tables containing osmotic pressure data for use in the osmotic stress technique v t e...

referred to as cryoprotective agents (CPAs), are added to reduce the osmotic shock and physical stresses cells undergo in the freezing process. Some cryoprotective...

plasma membrane. This can lead to osmotic shock and cell death. Osmoregulation is the method by which cells counteract osmotic stress, and includes osmosensory...

own toxic byproducts, as well as protecting the sperm from cold shock and osmotic shock during the chilling and shipping process (the semen is chilled...

stress stimuli, such as cytokines, ultraviolet irradiation, heat shock, and osmotic shock, and are involved in cell differentiation, apoptosis and autophagy...

hypovolemic shock. The kidneys usually excrete sodium and water in a manner that matches sodium intake and water intake. Diuretic therapy and osmotic diuresis...

pressure. Osmotic shock is applied by exposing cells to a medium containing high concentration of a solute, e.g., salt or sugar exerting a high osmotic pressure...

iron deficiency and Wilson's disease. Eryptosis can be elicited by osmotic shock, oxidative stress, and energy depletion, as well as by a wide variety...

by precise high-speed centrifugation in the density gradient. Using osmotic shock, it is possible temporarily open vesicles (filling them with the required...

mitochondria to sonication, freezing and thawing, high pressure, or osmotic shock. SMPs can be used to study the electron transport chain in a cell-free...

cellular responses to a diverse array of stimuli, such as mitogens, osmotic stress, heat shock and proinflammatory cytokines. They regulate cell functions including...

isotonic to stop osmotic damage. Mechanisms for homogenization include grinding, mincing, chopping, pressure changes, osmotic shock, freeze-thawing, and...

proteins when opened. MscL acts as stretch-activated osmotic release valve in response to osmotic shock. MscL was first discovered on the surface of giant...

descendants. Specific unsaturation patterns in crown sterols protect against osmotic shock during desiccation and rehydration cycles. Crown sterols can also receive...

NaCl is often included to maintain isotonic conditions, preventing osmotic shock and cell rupture during the lysis process. b. Potassium chloride (KCl):...

water in the tubules of the kidneys) Osmotic diuresis: the increase in urine production due to an excess of osmotic (namely glucose and urea) load in the...

pressure enables rapid thread discharge upon triggering through a massive osmotic shock. Nematocysts are very efficient weapons. A single nematocyst has been...

stress stimuli, such as cytokines, ultraviolet irradiation, heat shock, and osmotic shock. They also play a role in T cell differentiation and the cellular...

they were able to plasmolyze the bacteriophages so that they went into osmotic shock, which effectively created a solution containing most of the 32P and...

upregulated under stressful conditions such as caloric restriction, heat shock, and osmotic shock. By converting nicotinamide to niacin, nicotinamide is removed...

several types of stress, such as membrane damage, oxidative stress, osmotic shock, heat shock, etc. A second group of protein kinases (ATR, ATM, CHK1 and CHK2...

leading to loss of calcium and sodium imbalance. This causes acidosis, osmotic shock, clumping of chromatin and nuclear pyknosis. These changes are accompanied...

Both groups released synaptic vesicles from isolated synaptosomes by osmotic shock. The content of acetylcholine in a vesicle was originally estimated...

oil extraction. Osmotic shock is a sudden reduction in osmotic pressure, this can cause cells in a solution to rupture. Osmotic shock is sometimes used...

cell types, including thick-walled structures that are resistant to osmotic shock and allow the archaea to survive in water at low salt concentrations...

(September 1965). "The release of enzymes from Escherichia coli by osmotic shock and during the formation of spheroplasts". The Journal of Biological...