Microfluidics for mammalian cell chemotaxis

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1316-1327

  Kim, Beum Jun ^a   Wu, Mingming ^a  

^a Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Mammalian cell chemotaxis; Microfluidics; Molecular gradients

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR RESPONSE; CHEMICAL GRADIENTS; CRITICAL REVIEW; DESIGNING PRINCIPLE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LENGTH SCALE; MACRO SCALE; MAMMALIAN CELLS; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; MICROTECHNOLOGY; MOLECULAR GRADIENT; MOLECULAR LEVELS; OPTICAL IMAGING SYSTEM; PATHOLOGICAL PROCESS; POTENTIAL CAPABILITY; REAL-SPACE; SINGLE CELL RESOLUTION; TUMOR CELL INVASION;

ASSAYS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

MICROFLUIDICS;

ANIMAL; CHEMOTAXIS; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; MICROFLUIDICS; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CHEMOTAXIS; HUMANS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROFLUIDICS;

EID: 84862135163     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-011-0489-9     Document Type: Review

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