Cell micropatterning inside a microchannel and assays under a stable concentration gradient

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 230-237

  Okuyama, Tomoaki ^a   Yamazoe, Hironori ^b   Seto, Yuki ^a   Suzuki, Hiroaki ^a   Fukuda, Junji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Albumin; Concentration generator; Microfluidics; Micropatterned coculture; Migration assay

Indexed keywords

ANTI-CANCER AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL FACTORS; BUFFER SOLUTIONS; CELL MICROPATTERNING; CELL MIGRATION; CONCENTRATION GENERATOR; CONCENTRATION GRADIENTS; CULTURING CELLS; CYTOTOXIC; ELECTROSTATIC ADSORPTION; MICRO PATTERN; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; MICROPATTERNED COCULTURE; POLYCATION SOLUTIONS; POLYCATIONS; SHEATH FLOWS; SIDE-CHANNEL;

ADSORPTION; ASSAYS; CELLS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FLUIDIC DEVICES; MICROCHANNELS; MICROFLUIDICS; SELF ASSEMBLY;

CYTOLOGY;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL GROWTH; CELL MICROPATTERNING; CELL MIGRATION; CELL VIABILITY; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN;

BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL POLARITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FLOW INJECTION ANALYSIS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MINIATURIZATION; PERFUSION;

EID: 77954310208     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2010.02.001     Document Type: Article

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