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ArticleLab on a chip2017

Universal signal generator for dynamic cell stimulation.

Andreas Piehler, Navid Ghorashian, Ce Zhang, Savaş Tay

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Article in Lab on a chip, 2017. 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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0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 21% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Andreas PiehlerDepartment of Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zürich, 4058, Mattenstrasse 26, 4058 Basel, Switzerland.
Navid Ghorashian
Ce Zhang
Savaş Tay
ETH Zurich · CHInstitute of Molecular Medicine · IN

Funding

Understanding dynamical coding by NFkBR01GM117134 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI HOFFMANN, ALEXANDER, WOLLMAN, ROY · 2016 to 2019
$2.4M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM117134
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dynamic cell stimulation is a powerful technique for probing gene networks and for applications in stem cell differentiation, immunomodulation and signaling. We developed a robust and flexible method and associated microfluidic devices to generate a wide-range of precisely formulated dynamic chemical signals to stimulate live cells and measure their dynamic response. This signal generator is capable of digital to analog conversion (DAC) through combinatoric selection of discrete input concentrations, and outperforms existing methods by both achievable resolution, dynamic range and simplicity in design. It requires no calibration, has minimal space requirements and can be easily integrated into microfluidic cell culture devices. The signal generator hardware and software we developed allows to choose the waveform, period and amplitude of chemical input signals and features addition of well-defined chemical noise to study the role of stochasticity in cellular information processing.

Indexed as

AnimalsCell LineEquipment DesignFluorescent DyesMiceMicrofluidic Analytical TechniquesMicroscopy, FluorescenceSignal Processing, Computer-AssistedSingle-Cell AnalysisFluorescent Dyes

Identifiers

PMID28573304
PMCPMC5767101
OpenAlexW2619578988

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