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ArticleBiotechnology and bioengineering2022

On-chip magnetophoretic capture in a model of malaria-infected red blood cells.

Marco Giacometti, Marco Monticelli, Marco Piola, Francesca Milesi, Lorenzo P Coppadoro, Enrico Giuliani, Emanuela Jacchetti, Manuela T Raimondi, Giorgio Ferrari, Spinello Antinori and 2 more

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Article in Biotechnology and bioengineering, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 48% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Marco GiacomettiDepartment of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy.
Marco MonticelliDepartment of Physics, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy.
Marco PiolaDepartment of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy.
Francesca MilesiDepartment of Physics, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy.
Lorenzo P CoppadoroDepartment of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy.
Enrico GiulianiDepartment of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy.
Emanuela JacchettiDepartment of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering "Giulio Natta", Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy.
Manuela T RaimondiDepartment of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering "Giulio Natta", Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy.
Giorgio FerrariDepartment of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy.
Spinello AntinoriDepartment of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences "Luigi Sacco", Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy.
Gianfranco B FioreDepartment of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8988-8311
Riccardo BertaccoDepartment of Physics, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8109-9166
Politecnico di Milano · ITUniversity of Pisa · ITUniversity of Milan · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The search for new rapid diagnostic tests for malaria is a priority for developing an efficient strategy to fight this endemic disease, which affects more than 3 billion people worldwide. In this study, we characterize systematically an easy-to-operate lab-on-chip, designed for the magnetophoretic capture of malaria-infected red blood cells (RBCs). The method relies on the positive magnetic susceptibility of infected RBCs with respect to blood plasma. A matrix of nickel posts fabricated in a silicon chip placed face down is aimed at attracting infected cells, while healthy cells sediment on a glass slide under the action of gravity. Using a model of infected RBCs, that is, erythrocytes with methemoglobin, we obtained a capture efficiency of about 70% after 10 min in static conditions. By proper agitation, the capture efficiency reached 85% after just 5 min. Sample preparation requires only a 1:10 volume dilution of whole blood, previously treated with heparin, in a phosphate-buffered solution. Nonspecific attraction of untreated RBCs was not observed in the same time interval.

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ErythrocytesMalariaHumansMagneticslab-on-a-chipmagnetorphoretic separationmalaria

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PMID34984673
PMCPMC9306751
OpenAlexW4206295587

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