A Microfluidic Device for Capture of Single Cells and Impedance Measurement

Author(s):  
Min-Haw Wang ◽  
Min-Feng Kao ◽  
Haw-Juin Liu ◽  
Wai-Hong Kan ◽  
Yi-Chu Hsu ◽  
...  
Lab on a Chip ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huichao Chai ◽  
Yongxiang Feng ◽  
Fei Liang ◽  
Wenhui Wang

Successful single-cell isolation is a pivotal technique for subsequent biological and chemical analysis of single cells. Although significant advances have been made in single-cell isolation and analysis techniques, most passive...


Lab on a Chip ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 617-625 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emma Eriksson ◽  
Kristin Sott ◽  
Fredrik Lundqvist ◽  
Martin Sveningsson ◽  
Jan Scrimgeour ◽  
...  

2013 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 553-560 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liang Wu ◽  
Pu Chen ◽  
Yingsong Dong ◽  
Xiaojun Feng ◽  
Bi-Feng Liu

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander P. Hsiao ◽  
Kristopher D. Barbee ◽  
Xiaohua Huang

Lab on a Chip ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (14) ◽  
pp. 2968-2980
Author(s):  
Matthew T. Walsh ◽  
Alexander P. Hsiao ◽  
Ho Suk Lee ◽  
Zhixia Liu ◽  
Xiaohua Huang

We report an integrated microfluidic device for direct capture and digital counting of polyadenylated mRNA molecules from single cells.


2006 ◽  
Vol 52 (6) ◽  
pp. 1080-1088 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ethan Fitzpatrick ◽  
Sterling McBride ◽  
Jonathan Yavelow ◽  
Saltanat Najmi ◽  
Peter Zanzucchi ◽  
...  

Abstract Background: The analysis of single cells obtained from needle aspirates of tumors is constrained by the need for processing. To this end, we investigated two microfluidic approaches to measure the expression of surface proteins in single cancer cells or in small populations (<50 cells). Methods: One approach involved indirect fluorescence labeling of cell-surface proteins and channeling of cells in a microfluidic device past a fluorescence detector for signal quantification and analysis. A second approach channeled cells in a microfluidic device over detection zones coated with ligands to surface proteins and measured rates of passage and of retardation based on transient interactions between surface proteins and ligands. Results: The fluorescence device detected expression of integrin α5 induced by basic fibroblast growth factor (FGF-2) treatment in MCF-7 cells and that of Her-2/neu in SK-BR-3 cells compared with controls. Experiments measuring passage retardation showed significant differences in passage rates between FGF-2–treated and untreated MCF-7 cells over reaction regions coated with fibronectin and antibody to integrin α5β1 compared with control regions. Blocking peptides reversed the retardation, demonstrating specificity. Conclusions: Immunofluorescence detection in a microfluidic channel demonstrates the potential for assaying surface protein expression in a few individual cells and will permit the development of future iterations not requiring cell handling. The flow retardation device represents the first application of this technology for assessing cell-surface protein expression in cancer cells and may provide a way for analyzing expression profiles of single cells without preanalytical manipulation.


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