Microfluidics for cell-based high throughput screening platforms-A review

Analytica Chimica Acta

Volumn 903, Issue , 2016, Pages 36-50

  Du, Guansheng ^a,b,c   Fang, Qun ^a   den Toonder, Jaap M J ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c Biomillenia SAS   (France)

Author keywords

Cell based microfluidics; Drug discovery; High throughput screening

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS; DRUG PRODUCTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEM CELLS; THROUGHPUT;

CELL SEPARATION; CELL-BASED; CIRCULATING TUMOR CELLS; DRUG DISCOVERY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; MICROFLUIDIC-BASED; SCREENING METHODS; STEM CELL RESEARCH;

MICROFLUIDICS;

ELASTOMER;

BIOCHIP; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL VIABILITY; CENTRIFUGATION; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; EVAPORATION; FILTRATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROENVIRONMENT; MICROFLUIDICS; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; PROCEDURES;

HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; MICROFLUIDICS;

EID: 84956889140     PISSN: 00032670     EISSN: 18734324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2015.11.023     Document Type: Review

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