Cell culture models in microfluidic systems

Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 423-449

  Meyvantsson, Ivar ^a   Beebe, David J ^b  

^a Bellbrook Labs LLC   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Extracellular matrix; Microenvironment; Microfabrication

Indexed keywords

CELL BIOLOGY; DESIGN CONSTRAINTS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES; HIGH THROUGHPUT; MICRO FLUIDIC SYSTEM; MICROENVIRONMENT; MICROENVIRONMENTS; MICROFLUIDIC CELL; MICROFLUIDIC TECHNOLOGIES; PHYSICAL FEATURES;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUIDIC DEVICES; MICROANALYSIS; MICROFABRICATION; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROMACHINING;

CELL CULTURE;

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LIGAND;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL NUCLEUS; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; MICROFLUIDICS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REVIEW; TIME;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CYTOPLASM; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; LIGANDS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROFLUIDICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 54349096920     PISSN: 19361327     EISSN: 19361335     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.anchem.1.031207.113042     Document Type: Review

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