Neutrophil migration in opposing chemoattractant gradients using microfluidic chemotaxis devices

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 475-482

  Lin, Francis ^a,b   Nguyen, Connie Minh Canh ^b   Wang, Shur Jen ^b   Saadi, Wajeeh ^b   Gross, Steven P ^a   Jeon, Noo Li ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California at Irvine   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemotaxis; Gradient; Hierarchy; Microfluidic; Migration; Neutrophil

Indexed keywords

CHEMOTACTIC FACTORS (CF); CHEMOTAXIS; EFFECTIVE CHEMOTACTIC INDEX (ECI); GRADIENT; HIERARCHY; MICROFLUIDIC; MIGRATION; NEUTROPHIL;

BACTERIA; BLOOD; CELLS; CENTRIFUGATION; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; FLUIDICS; LIPIDS; PROTEINS; SILICON WAFERS; TISSUE;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

CHEMOTACTIC FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 8; LEUKOTRIENE B4;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL MOTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; NEUTROPHIL; PHYSIOLOGY;

CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL MOVEMENT; CELLS, CULTURED; CHEMOTACTIC FACTORS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG COMBINATIONS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-8; LEUKOTRIENE B4; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; NEUTROPHIL ACTIVATION; NEUTROPHILS;

EID: 18244384464     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-005-2503-6     Document Type: Article

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