Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2014, Vol. 18 ›› Issue (14): 2275-2281.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2014.14.023

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Cryopreservation of human pluripotent stem cells

Liu Hong-yan1, 2, Huang Yuan-hua2, Ma Yan-lin2   

  1. 1First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, Henan Province, China; 2Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, Haikou 570102, Hainan Province, China
  • Received:2014-02-26 Online:2014-04-02 Published:2014-04-02
  • Contact: Huang Yuan-hua, Professor, Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, Haikou 570102, Hainan Province, China
  • About author:Liu Hong-yan, Master, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, Henan Province, China; Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, Haikou 570102, Hainan Province, China
  • Supported by:

    the National 973 Program, No. 2012CB966502; the International Cooperation Projects of Hainan Science and Technology Bureau, No. GJXM20100004, GJXM201106; the Selected Technology Foundation for Overseas Chinese Scholars of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security of China in 2011, No. 201150804; the Natural Science Foundation of Hainan Province, No. 812185; the Major Science and Technology Plan of Haikou City, No. 2012078; the International S&T Cooperation Program of China, No. 2014DFA30180; the Major Science and Technology Project of Hainan Province, No. ZDZX2013003; the National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 81060175, 81060016

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: The appearance and development of human pluripotent stem cells is a major breakthrough in the biomedical field. There are still many obstacles limiting its clinical application. To establish a safe and effective cryopreservation method may be a great challenge.
OBJECTIVE: To review the progress in the cryopreservation of human pluripotent stem cells, and to explore the cause and mechanism of freezing injury, thereby developing a new and more effective cryopreservation protocol.
METHODS: A computer-based search of CNKI, Wanfang, VIP and PubMed databases was performed using the key words of “human pluripotent stem cells, human embryonic stem cell, human induced pluripotent stem cell, vitrification, programmed cryopreservation, cryopreservation” both in English and Chinese. Irrelevant and repetitive papers were excluded, and finally 58 papers were included for further analysis.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: To better understand the cause and mechanism of freezing injury during pluripotent stem cells cryopreservation is crucial for establishing a new and more effective cryopreservation protocol. We should improve and develop low-temperature biotechnologies to avoid freezing injury, thereby establishing a cryopreservation protocol for human pluripotent stem cells that is repeatable, high-efficiency and accords with GMP requirements.


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Key words: stem cells, multipotent stem cells, embryonic stem cells, cryopreservation, freezing

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