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ArticleMicromachines2019

A Potential Application of Triangular Microwells to Entrap Single Cancer Cells: A Canine Cutaneous Mast Cell Tumor Model.

Dettachai Ketpun, Alongkorn Pimpin, Tewan Tongmanee, Sudchaya Bhanpattanakul, Prapruddee Piyaviriyakul, Weerayut Srituravanich, Witsaroot Sripumkhai, Wutthinan Jeamsaksiri, Achariya Sailasuta

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Article in Micromachines, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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9 authors.

Dettachai Ketpun.Biochemistry Unit, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand.
Alongkorn Pimpin.Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand.
Tewan Tongmanee.Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand.
Sudchaya Bhanpattanakul.Companion Animal Cancer-Research Unit (CAC-RU), Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10300, Thailand.
Prapruddee Piyaviriyakul.Biochemistry Unit, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand.
Weerayut Srituravanich.Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand.
Witsaroot Sripumkhai.Thai Microelectronic Centre, Ministry of Science and Technology, Chachoengsao 24000, Thailand.
Wutthinan Jeamsaksiri.Thai Microelectronic Centre, Ministry of Science and Technology, Chachoengsao 24000, Thailand.
Achariya Sailasuta.Companion Animal Cancer-Research Unit (CAC-RU), Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10300, Thailand.

Funding

Chulalongkorn University CU-57-004-HRNational Research Council of Thailand 2017-2019
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cellular heterogeneity is a major hindrance, leading to the misunderstanding of dynamic cell biology. However, single cell analysis (SCA) has been used as a practical means to overcome this drawback. Many contemporary methodologies are available for single cell analysis; among these, microfluidics is the most attractive and effective technology, due to its advantages of low-volume specimen consumption, label-free evaluation, and real-time monitoring, among others. In this paper, a conceptual application for microfluidic single cell analysis for veterinary research is presented. A microfluidic device is fabricated with an elastomer substrate, polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), under standard soft lithography. The performance of the microdevice is high-throughput, sensitive, and user-friendly. A total of 53.1% of the triangular microwells were able to trap single canine cutaneous mast cell tumor (MCT) cells. Of these, 38.82% were single cell entrapments, while 14.34% were multiple cell entrapments. The ratio of single-to-multiple cell trapping was high, at 2.7:1. In addition, 80.5% of the trapped cells were viable, indicating that the system was non-lethal. OCT4A-immunofluorescence combined with the proposed system can assess OCT4A expression in trapped single cells more precisely than OCT4A-immunohistochemistry. Therefore, the results suggest that microfluidic single cell analysis could potentially reduce the impact of cellular heterogeneity.

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caninemast cell tumormicrofluidicsmicrowellOCT4Asingle cell analysis

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PMID31805714
PMCPMC6953038

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