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ArticleMicromachines2023

Single-Cell Microarray Chip with Inverse-Tapered Wells to Maintain High Ratio of Cell Trapping.

Ryota Sano, Kentaro Koyama, Narumi Fukuoka, Hidetaka Ueno, Shohei Yamamura, Takaaki Suzuki

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Article in Micromachines, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Ryota SanoDivision of Mechanical Science and Technology, Gunma University, Kiryu 376-8515, Japan.
Kentaro KoyamaDivision of Mechanical Science and Technology, Gunma University, Kiryu 376-8515, Japan.
Narumi FukuokaDivision of Mechanical Science and Technology, Gunma University, Kiryu 376-8515, Japan.
Hidetaka UenoCenter for Advanced Medical Engineering Research & Development (CAMED), Kobe University, Kobe 650-0047, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-8772-7864
Shohei YamamuraHealth and Medical Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 2217-14 Hayashi-cho, Takamatsu 761-0395, Japan.
Takaaki SuzukiDivision of Mechanical Science and Technology, Gunma University, Kiryu 376-8515, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-2574-7971

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Japan Science and Technology Agency JPMJCR19Q2Japan Society for the Promotion of Science JP20H02095Japan Society for the Promotion of Science JP20K20626Japan Society for the Promotion of Science JP22H02105
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Abstract

A single-cell microarray (SCM) influenced by gravitational force is expected to be one of the simple methods in various fields such as DNA analysis and antibody production. After trapping the cells in the SCM chip, it is necessary to remove the liquid from the SCM to wash away the un-trapped cells on the chip and treat the reagents for analysis. The flow generated during this liquid exchange causes the trapped cells to drop out of conventional vertical wells. In this study, we propose an inverse-tapered well to keep trapped cells from escaping from the SCM. The wells with tapered side walls have a reduced force of flow toward the opening, which prevents trapped cells from escaping. The proposed SCM chip was fabricated using 3D photolithography and polydimethylsiloxane molding techniques. In the trapping experiment using HeLa cells, the cell residual rate increased more than two-fold for the SCM chip with the inverse-tapered well with a taper angle of 30° compared to that for the conventional vertical SCM chip after multiple rounds of liquid exchanges. The proposed well structure increases the number of trapped cells and decreases the cell dropout rate to improve the efficiency of cellular analysis.

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high-throughputlab-on-a-chipmanipulationmicroarraymicrofluidics Bio-MEMSsingle-cell

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PMID36838192
PMCPMC9959924

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