al-Rubeai M, Emery A N, Chalder S
Centre for Biochemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham, UK.
Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 1992 Apr;37(1):44-5. doi: 10.1007/BF00174201.
The comparative effects of Pluronic on cell growth of hybridomas were studied. The addition of 0.05% Pluronic decreased the steady-state cell number in continuous culture by about 12% compared to a non-supplemented culture. In short-term experiments, results demonstrated a gradual decrease in cell number with increasing concentration of Pluronic. Such growth inhibition was found to be a result of lowering the rate of DNA synthesis.