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A Sensitive Chemotaxis Assay Using a Novel Microfluidic Device

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Zhang, Chen; Jang, Sunyoung; Amadi, Ovid C.; Shimizu, Koichi; Lee, Richard T.; Mitchell, Richard Neal; ... Show more Show less
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Abstract
Existing chemotaxis assays do not generate stable chemotactic gradients and thus—over time—functionally measure only nonspecific random motion (chemokinesis). In comparison, microfluidic technology has the capacity to generate a tightly controlled microenvironment that can be stably maintained for extended periods of time and is, therefore, amenable to adaptation for assaying chemotaxis. We describe here a novel microfluidic device for sensitive assay of cellular migration and show its application for evaluating the chemotaxis of smooth muscle cells in a chemokine gradient.
Date issued
2013
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/96105
Department
Harvard University--MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology
Journal
BioMed Research International
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Citation
Zhang, Chen et al. “A Sensitive Chemotaxis Assay Using a Novel Microfluidic Device.” BioMed Research International 2013 (2013): 1–8.
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2314-6133
2314-6141

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