A microfluidic chip with a U-shaped microstructure array for multicellular spheroid formation, culturing and analysis

Biofabrication

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Fu, Chien Yu ^a   Tseng, Sheng Yang ^b   Yang, Shih Mo ^b   Hsu, Long ^b   Liu, Cheng Hsien ^a   Chang, Hwan You ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

drug screening; micro scale bioreactor; microfluidic systems; multicellular spheroids; photoresponsive hydrogel

Indexed keywords

DRUG SCREENING; MICRO FLUIDIC SYSTEM; MICROSTRUCTURE ARRAYS; MULTICELLULAR SPHEROID; PERMSELECTIVE PROPERTIES; PHOTO-RESPONSIVE; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL DIACRYLATE; THREE DIMENSIONAL CELL CULTURE;

BIOREACTORS; CELL CULTURE; FLUIDIC DEVICES; HYDROGELS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS;

MICROSTRUCTURE;

3T3 CELL LINE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEPG2 CELL LINE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROFLUIDICS; MOUSE; MULTICELLULAR SPHEROID; TISSUE MICROARRAY;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEP G2 CELLS; HUMANS; MICE; MICROFLUIDICS; NIH 3T3 CELLS; SPHEROIDS, CELLULAR; TISSUE ARRAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84896787367     PISSN: 17585082     EISSN: 17585090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1758-5082/6/1/015009     Document Type: Article

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