Evidence map›Paper›PMID 27190569›Full record

ArticleBiomicrofluidics2016

A label-free and high-throughput separation of neuron and glial cells using an inertial microfluidic platform.

Tiantian Jin, Sheng Yan, Jun Zhang, Dan Yuan, Xu-Feng Huang, Weihua Li

Open access · bronzeAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Biomicrofluidics, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Review
  5. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Tiantian JinCentre for Translational Neuroscience, School of Medicine, University of Wollongong , and Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute (IHMRI), Wollongong, New South Wales 2522, Australia.
Sheng YanSchool of Mechanical, Materials and Mechatronic Engineering University of Wollongong , Wollongong, New South Wales 2522, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-0012-6450
Jun ZhangSchool of Mechanical, Materials and Mechatronic Engineering University of Wollongong , Wollongong, New South Wales 2522, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-1113-6264
Dan YuanSchool of Mechanical, Materials and Mechatronic Engineering University of Wollongong , Wollongong, New South Wales 2522, Australia.
Xu-Feng HuangCentre for Translational Neuroscience, School of Medicine, University of Wollongong , and Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute (IHMRI), Wollongong, New South Wales 2522, Australia.
Weihua LiSchool of Mechanical, Materials and Mechatronic Engineering University of Wollongong , Wollongong, New South Wales 2522, Australia.
University of Wollongong · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

While neurons and glial cells both play significant roles in the development and therapy of schizophrenia, their specific contributions are difficult to differentiate because the methods used to separate neurons and glial cells are ineffective and inefficient. In this study, we reported a high-throughput microfluidic platform based on the inertial microfluidic technique to rapidly and continuously separate neurons and glial cells from dissected brain tissues. The optimal working condition for an inertial biochip was investigated and evaluated by measuring its separation under different flow rates. Purified and enriched neurons in a primary neuron culture were verified by confocal immunofluorescence imaging, and neurons performed neurite growth after separation, indicating the feasibility and biocompatibility of an inertial separation. Phencyclidine disturbed the neuroplasticity and neuron metabolism in the separated and the unseparated neurons, with no significant difference. Apart from isolating the neurons, purified and enriched viable glial cells were collected simultaneously. This work demonstrates that an inertial microchip can provide a label-free, high throughput, and harmless tool to separate neurological primary cells.

Identifiers

PMID27190569
PMCPMC4866945
OpenAlexW2383465732

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.