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ArticleJournal of visualized experiments : JoVE2015

Electrotaxis Studies of Lung Cancer Cells using a Multichannel Dual-electric-field Microfluidic Chip.

Hsien-San Hou, Hui-Fang Chang, Ji-Yen Cheng

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Article in Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 33% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Hsien-San HouResearch Center for Applied Sciences, Academia Sinica.
Hui-Fang ChangResearch Center for Applied Sciences, Academia Sinica.
Ji-Yen ChengResearch Center for Applied Sciences, Academia Sinica; Institute of Biophotonics, National Yang-Ming University; Biophotonics & Molecular Imaging Research Center (BMIRC), National Yang-Ming University; Department of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, National Taiwan Ocean University; Ph.D. Program in Microbial Genomics, National Chung Hsing University; jycheng@gate.sinica.edu.tw.
Research Center for Applied Science, Academia Sinica · TWNational Yang Ming Chiao Tung University · TW

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The behavior of directional cell migration under a direct current electric-field (dcEF) is referred to as electrotaxis. The significant role of physiological dcEF in guiding cell movement during embryo development, cell differentiation, and wound healing has been demonstrated in many studies. By applying microfluidic chips to an electrotaxis assay, the investigation process is shortened and experimental errors are minimized. In recent years, microfluidic devices made of polymeric substances (e.g., polymethylmethacrylate, PMMA, or acrylic) or polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) have been widely used in studying the responses of cells to electrical stimulation. However, unlike the numerous steps required to fabricate a PDMS device, the simple and rapid construction of the acrylic microfluidic chip makes it suitable for both device prototyping and production. Yet none of the reported devices facilitate the efficient study of the simultaneous chemical and dcEF effects on cells. In this report, we describe our design and fabrication of an acrylic-based multichannel dual-electric-field (MDF) chip to investigate the concurrent effect of chemical and electrical stimulation on lung cancer cells. The MDF chip provides eight combinations of electrical/chemical stimulations in a single test. The chip not only greatly shortens the required experimental time but also increases accuracy in electrotaxis studies.

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Lab-On-A-Chip DevicesAdenocarcinomaAdenocarcinoma of LungAmidesCell Line, TumorCell MovementElectric StimulationHumansLung NeoplasmsMicrofluidicsOligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisPolymethyl MethacrylatePyridinesAmidesPolymethyl MethacrylatePyridinesY 27632

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PMID26780080
PMCPMC4780874
OpenAlexW2199695578

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