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ArticleLab on a chip2020

Label-free ferrohydrodynamic separation of exosome-like nanoparticles.

Yang Liu, Wujun Zhao, Rui Cheng, Meghan Logun, Maria Del Mar Zayas-Viera, Lohitash Karumbaiah, Leidong Mao

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Article in Lab on a chip, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Microfluidic Nanoparticle Separation for Precision Medicine.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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  7. Current status and outlook of advances in exosome isolation.Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry · 2022
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  9. Recent developments in isolating methods for exosomes.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Yang LiuDepartment of Chemistry, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8747-4975
Wujun ZhaoDepartment of Chemistry, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA.
Rui ChengSchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA. mao@uga.edu.
Meghan LogunRegenerative Bioscience Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA and Division of Neuroscience, Biomedical Health Sciences Institute, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA.
Maria Del Mar Zayas-VieraDepartment of Chemical Engineering, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez, Mayaguez, PR 00681, USA.
Lohitash KarumbaiahRegenerative Bioscience Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA and Division of Neuroscience, Biomedical Health Sciences Institute, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA and Edgar L. Rhodes Center for Animal and Dairy Science, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA.
Leidong MaoSchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA. mao@uga.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-9473-5590
University of Georgia · USUniversity of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez · PR

Funding

Implementing a Maternal health and PRegnancy Outcomes Vision for Everyone (IMPROVE)UL1TR002378 · NCATS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI Andres J Garcia, Elizabeth O. Ofili · 2017 to 2026
$92.1M
INTEGRATED FERROFLUIDIC MICROCHIP FOR CELL MANIPULATION AND ENRICHMENTR21GM104528 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA · PI CHEN, JI, JANSEN, BEN H. · 2012 to 2014
$625k
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR002378NIGMS NIH HHS R21 GM104528
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Isolation of exosomes from biological samples provides a minimally-invasive alternative for basic understanding, diagnosis, and prognosis of metastatic cancers. The biology and clinical values of exosomes are under intensive investigation, yet most studies are limited by technical challenges in recovering these exosomes with heterogeneous sizes and cargos from biological samples. We report a novel method based on "particle ferrohydrodynamics" and its associated microfluidic device, termed as the FerroChip, which can separate exosome-like nanoparticles from microliters of cell culture media and human serum in a label-free, continuous-flow and size-dependent manner, and achieves a high recovery rate (94.3%) and a high purity (87.9%). Separated exosome-like nanoparticles had diameters, morphology, and protein expressions that were consistent with other reports. This method, upon further molecular characterization, could potentially facilitate basic understanding of exosomes and its clinical application in blood liquid biopsy.

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ExosomesNanoparticlesNeoplasmsHumansLab-On-A-Chip DevicesLiquid Biopsy

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PMID32844860
PMCPMC7493820
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