Real-time monitoring of specific oxygen uptake rates of embryonic stem cells in a microfluidic cell culture device

Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1179-1189

  Super, Alexandre ^a   Jaccard, Nicolas ^a   Cardoso Marques, Marco Paulo ^a   Macown, Rhys Jarred ^a   Griffin, Lewis Donald ^a   Veraitch, Farlan Singh ^a   Szita, Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dissolved oxygen monitoring; Microfluidic cell culture device; Quantitative cell imaging; Specific oxygen uptake rate; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GROWTH KINETICS; METABOLISM; MICROFLUIDICS; OXYGEN; STEM CELLS;

CELL IMAGING; CHINESE HAMSTER OVARY; MICROFLUIDIC CELL CULTURE DEVICES; MOUSE EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; NON-INVASIVE DETECTION; OXYGEN MONITORING; PHASE-CONTRAST MICROSCOPY IMAGES; SPECIFIC OXYGEN UPTAKE RATE;

CELL SIGNALING;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; CELL RESPIRATION; CHO CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; MICROFLUIDICS; MOUSE; MOUSE EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84985919319     PISSN: 18606768     EISSN: 18607314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/biot.201500479     Document Type: Article

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