Generation of gradients on a microfluidic device: Toward a high-Throughput investigation of spermatozoa chemotaxis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Zhang, Yi ^a   Xiao, Rong Rong ^b   Yin, Tailang ^a   Zou, Wei ^b   Tang, Yun ^b   Ding, Jinli ^a   Yang, Jing ^a  

^a RENMIN HOSPITAL OF WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN; PROGESTERONE;

ARTICLE; CHEMOTAXIS ASSAY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONCENTRATION GRADIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUID FLOW; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MICROFLUIDICS; NORMAL HUMAN; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; CHEMOTAXIS; DEVICES; DRUG EFFECTS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; IN VITRO STUDY; LAB ON A CHIP; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; VALIDATION STUDY;

CHEMOTAXIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; HUMANS; IN VITRO TECHNIQUES; LAB-ON-A-CHIP DEVICES; MALE; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; PROGESTERONE; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84953326939     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0142555     Document Type: Article

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