A critique of methods for temperature imaging in single cells.
basic_science · Level V
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Abstract
We argue that standard thermodynamic considerations and scaling laws show that a single cell cannot substantially raise its temperature by endogenous thermogenesis. This statement seriously questions the interpretations of recent work reporting temperature heterogeneities measured in single living cells.
Medical subject headings
- Algorithms
- Artifacts
- Cell Physiological Phenomena
- Models, Biological
- Thermography