A novel three-dimensional microfluidic platform for on chip multicellular tumor spheroid formation and culture

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 831-842

  Sun, Duanping ^a   Lu, Jing ^a   Chen, Zuanguang ^a   Yu, Yanyan ^a   Li, Yinbao ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Glass; Microfluidic; Poly(dimethylsiloxane); Three dimensional cell culture; Tumor spheroid

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION; DIAGNOSIS; FLUIDIC DEVICES; GLASS; MICROCHANNELS; MICROFLUIDICS; POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS; TUMORS; GROWTH KINETICS;

CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; MICROFLUIDIC CHANNEL; MULTICELLULAR TUMOR SPHEROIDS; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE PDMS; THREE DIMENSIONAL CELL CULTURE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MICROFLUIDICS; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D); TUMOR SPHEROID; CELL CULTURE MEDIUMS;

CELL CULTURE;

EID: 84919432493     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-014-1373-3     Document Type: Article

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