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Table 1 Freezing protocols used

From: Effect of different freezing rates during cryopreservation of rat mesenchymal stem cells using combinations of hydroxyethyl starch and dimethylsulfoxide

Protocol

Description

Duration [min]

References

1

0,3°C/min to −100°C

347

 
 

Store in vapour phase at −134°C

 

[47]*

2

1°C/min to −80°C

84

[46–50]

 

Store in vapour phase at −134°C

  

3

1°C/min to - 30°C

44

 
 

5°C/min to −80°C

 

[44, 51]*

 

xStore in vapour phase at −134°C

  

4

1°C/min to −20°C

34

 
 

5°C/min to −40°C

  
 

10°C/min to −80°C

 

Designed

 

20°C/min to −100°C

  
 

Store in vapour phase at −134°C

  

5

1°C/min to −6°C

26

 
 

25°C/min to −50°C

 

Designed

 

10°C/min to −90°C

  
 

Store in vapour phase at −134°C

  

6

Directly into the vapour phase

0

 

7

99°C/min to −100°C

2

 
 

Store in vapour phase at −134°C

 

[35, 52]*

  1. * Modified.