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ArticleScientific reports2019

Automated microfluidic cell culture of stem cell derived dopaminergic neurons.

Khalid I W Kane, Edinson Lucumi Moreno, Siham Hachi, Moriz Walter, Javier Jarazo, Miguel A P Oliveira, Thomas Hankemeier, Paul Vulto, Jens C Schwamborn, Martin Thoma and 1 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers.

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42 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors.

Khalid I W KaneLuxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine, University of Luxembourg, 7 avenue des Hauts-Fourneaux, L-4362, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg.
Edinson Lucumi MorenoLuxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine, University of Luxembourg, 7 avenue des Hauts-Fourneaux, L-4362, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg.
Siham HachiLuxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine, University of Luxembourg, 7 avenue des Hauts-Fourneaux, L-4362, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg.
Moriz WalterFraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA, Stuttgart, Germany.
Javier JarazoLuxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine, University of Luxembourg, 7 avenue des Hauts-Fourneaux, L-4362, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg.ORCID 0000-0001-9652-3620
Miguel A P OliveiraLuxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine, University of Luxembourg, 7 avenue des Hauts-Fourneaux, L-4362, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg.
Thomas HankemeierDivision of Systems Biomedicine and Pharmacology, Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, 2333CC, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Paul VultoMimetas B.V, PO Box 11002, 2301EA, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Jens C SchwambornLuxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine, University of Luxembourg, 7 avenue des Hauts-Fourneaux, L-4362, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg.
Martin ThomaFraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA, Stuttgart, Germany.
Ronan M T FlemingLuxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine, University of Luxembourg, 7 avenue des Hauts-Fourneaux, L-4362, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg. ronan.mt.fleming@gmail.com.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Parkinson's disease is a slowly progressive neurodegenerative disease characterised by dysfunction and death of selectively vulnerable midbrain dopaminergic neurons and the development of human in vitro cellular models of the disease is a major challenge in Parkinson's disease research. We constructed an automated cell culture platform optimised for long-term maintenance and monitoring of different cells in three dimensional microfluidic cell culture devices. The system can be flexibly adapted to various experimental protocols and features time-lapse imaging microscopy for quality control and electrophysiology monitoring to assess cellular activity. Using this system, we continuously monitored the differentiation of Parkinson's disease patient derived human neuroepithelial stem cells into midbrain specific dopaminergic neurons. Calcium imaging confirmed the electrophysiological activity of differentiated neurons and immunostaining confirmed the efficiency of the differentiation protocol. This system is the first example of an automated Organ-on-a-Chip culture and has the potential to enable a versatile array of in vitro experiments for patient-specific disease modelling.

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Lab-On-A-Chip DevicesAutomationCells, CulturedDopaminergic NeuronsHumansSoftwareStem Cells

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PMID30741972
PMCPMC6370836

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