Microfluidics for applications in cell mechanics and mechanobiology

Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 591-602

  Hou, Han Wei ^a,b   Lee, Wong Cheng ^a,c   Leong, Man Chun ^c,d   Sonam, Surabhi ^d   Vedula, Sri Ram Krishna ^d   Lim, Chwee Teck ^b,c,d  

^a SINGAPORE MIT ALLIANCE FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cell and molecular mechanics; Diseases; Human; Mechanobiology; Mechanotransduction; Microdevices; Microfluidics

Indexed keywords

CD36 ANTIGEN; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2;

ACOUSTICS; ACOUSTOPHORESIS; BIOENGINEERING; BIOMECHANICS; CANCER CELL; CELL ADHESION; CELL DEFORMABILITY; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MECHANICS; CELL POLARITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SELECTION; CELL SEPARATION; CELL SHAPE; CIRCULATING TUMOR CELL; DIELECTROPHORETIC FORCE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROPORATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE DEFORMABILITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLOW KINETICS; FLOW RATE; HUMAN; LASER; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTE MARGINATION; LEUKOSTASIS; MALARIA; MECHANICAL PROBE; MECHANOBIOLOGY; MICROCHANNEL; MICROENVIRONMENT; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROTECHNOLOGY; NEUTROPHIL; OPTICAL STRETCHER; PINCHED FLOW FRACTIONATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SHEAR STRESS; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

EID: 84856495330     PISSN: 18655025     EISSN: 18655033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12195-011-0209-4     Document Type: Review

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