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ArticlePloS one2016

Spatial Chemical Stimulation Control in Microenvironment by Microfluidic Probe Integrated Device for Cell-Based Assay.

Masayuki Horayama, Kenta Shinha, Kazuya Kabayama, Teruo Fujii, Hiroshi Kimura

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Article in PloS one, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Masayuki HorayamaDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Tokai University, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa, Japan.
Kenta ShinhaDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Tokai University, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa, Japan.
Kazuya KabayamaDepartment of Chemistry, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan.
Teruo FujiiInstitute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, Meguro, Tokyo, Japan.
Hiroshi KimuraDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Tokai University, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0623-0248
Tokai University · JPThe University of Tokyo · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cell-cell interactions play an important role in the development and function of multicellular organisms. To investigate these interactions in detail, it is necessary to evaluate the behavior of a cell population when the minimum number of cells in the population is stimulated by some chemical factors. We propose a microfluidic device integrated with microfluidic probe (MFP) functionality; this device is capable of imparting a chemical stimulus to cells within a microenvironment, for cell-based assays. The device contains MFP channels at the walls of the cell culture microchannels, and it can control a localized chemical stimulation area at the scale of a single cell to a few cells using MFP fluid control in a microspace. The results of a finite element method-based simulation indicated that it is possible to control the chemical stimulation area at the scale of a single cell to a few cells by optimizing the MFP channel apex width and the flow ratio. In addition, localized cell staining was demonstrated successfully using a spatial chemical stimulus. We confirmed the device functionality as a novel cell-based assay tool. We succeeded in performing localized cell collection using this method, which suggested that the single cell analysis of a cell monolayer that is subjected to a specific chemical stimulus is possible. The method proposed in this paper can contribute significantly to the fields of cell biology and drug development.

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AnimalsCells, CulturedCellular MicroenvironmentCHO CellsComputer-Aided DesignCricetulusFinite Element AnalysisMicrofluidic Analytical TechniquesRhodaminesTrypsinrhodamine BRhodaminesTrypsin

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PMID27930750
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