Automation of Three-Dimensional Cell Culture in Arrayed Microfluidic Devices

Journal of Laboratory Automation

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 171-185

  Montanez Sauri, Sara I ^a,b   Sung, Kyung Eun ^a,b   Puccinelli, John P ^a,b   Pehlke, Carolyn ^a,b   Beebe, David J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

Author keywords

3D; Collagen; Extracellular matrix; Microfluidics; Screening

Indexed keywords

3D; 3D CULTURE; AUTOMATED SYSTEMS; BREAST CARCINOMAS; CELL SEEDING; CELL VIABILITY; COCULTURE; CULTURE SYSTEMS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES; FLUORESCENT MICROSCOPY; HIGH THROUGHPUT; LIQUID HANDLERS; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; MICROCHANNEL ARRAY; OPERATIONAL CONTROL; OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS; PELTIER COOLERS; SAMPLE HANDLING; THREE DIMENSIONAL CELL CULTURE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D); TWO-DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS; TYPE I COLLAGEN;

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; AUTOMATION; COLLAGEN; LIQUIDS; MICROCHANNELS; MICROFLUIDICS; OPTIMIZATION; THROUGHPUT; TISSUE;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

COLLAGEN TYPE 1;

ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER GROWTH; CELL CULTURE; CELL SCREENING; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE OPTIMIZATION; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLAST; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LOW TEMPERATURE; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; PROTEIN MICROARRAY; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TUMOR SEEDING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AUTOMATION, LABORATORY; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL LINE, TUMOR; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; COLLAGEN TYPE I; CULTURE MEDIA; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 79955965434     PISSN: 22110682     EISSN: 22110690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jala.2011.02.003     Document Type: Article

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