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ArticleMicromachines2020

Slicing Spheroids in Microfluidic Devices for Morphological and Immunohistochemical Analysis.

Satoru Kuriu, Tetsuya Kadonosono, Shinae Kizaka-Kondoh, Tadashi Ishida

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Article in Micromachines, 2020. 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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4 authors.

Satoru KuriuDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Kanagawa 226-8503, Japan.
Tetsuya KadonosonoDepartment of Life Science and Technology, School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Kanagawa 226-8503, Japan.
Shinae Kizaka-KondohDepartment of Life Science and Technology, School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Kanagawa 226-8503, Japan.
Tadashi IshidaDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Kanagawa 226-8503, Japan.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microfluidic devices utilizing spheroids play important roles in in vitro experimental systems to closely simulate morphological and biochemical characteristics of the in vivo tumor microenvironment. For the observation and analysis of the inner structure of spheroids, sectioning is an efficient approach. However, conventional microfluidic devices are difficult for sectioning, and therefore, spheroids inside the microfluidic channels have not been sliced well. We proposed a microfluidic device created from embedding resin for sectioning. Spheroids were cultured, embedded by resin, and sectioned in the microfluidic device. Slices of the sectioned spheroids yielded clear images at the cellular level. According to morphological and immunohistochemical analyses of the slices of the spheroid, specific protein distribution was observed.

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embedding resinimmunohistochemistrymicrofluidic devicesectioningspheroid

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PMID32384758
PMCPMC7281316

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