Recent advances in the use of microfluidic technologies for single cell analysis

TW Murphy, Q Zhang, LB Naler, S Ma, C Lu - Analyst, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The inherent heterogeneity in cell populations has become of great interest and importance
as analytical techniques have improved over the past decades. With the advent of …

Microfluidics for manipulating cells

X Mu, W Zheng, J Sun, W Zhang, X Jiang - small, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Microfluidics, a toolbox comprising methods for precise manipulation of fluids at small length
scales (micrometers to millimeters), has become useful for manipulating cells. Its uses range …

Highly efficient capture of circulating tumor cells by using nanostructured silicon substrates with integrated chaotic micromixers

S Wang, K Liu, J Liu, ZTF Yu, X Xu, L Zhao… - Angewandte …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Metastases are the most common cause of cancer-related death in patients with solid
tumors.[1–4] A considerable body of evidence indicates that tumor cells are shed from a …

The ontogeny of cKIT+ human primordial germ cells proves to be a resource for human germ line reprogramming, imprint erasure and in vitro differentiation

S Gkountela, Z Li, JJ Vincent, KX Zhang, A Chen… - Nature cell …, 2013 - nature.com
The generation of research-quality, clinically relevant cell types in vitro from human
pluripotent stem cells requires a detailed understanding of the equivalent human cell types …

NanoVelcro rare-cell assays for detection and characterization of circulating tumor cells

YJ Jan, JF Chen, Y Zhu, YT Lu, SH Chen… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2018 - Elsevier
Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are cancer cells shredded from either a primary tumor or a
metastatic site and circulate in the blood as the potential cellular origin of metastasis. By …

Microfluidics towards single cell resolution protein analysis

P Chen, D Chen, S Li, X Ou, BF Liu - TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2019 - Elsevier
Single cell analysis has aroused great interest with its remarkable ability to investigate cell-
to-cell heterogeneity in large populations. However, probing protein information at single …

Review of methods to probe single cell metabolism and bioenergetics

AE Vasdekis, G Stephanopoulos - Metabolic engineering, 2015 - Elsevier
Single cell investigations have enabled unexpected discoveries, such as the existence of
biological noise and phenotypic switching in infection, metabolism and treatment. Herein …

Rapid microfluidic formation of uniform patient-derived breast tumor spheroids

Z Wu, Z Gong, Z Ao, J Xu, H Cai… - ACS Applied Bio …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Breast cancer is a highly complex, heterogeneous, and multifactorial disease that poses
challenges for rapid and efficient treatment and development of personalized therapy. Here …

Induction of human iPSC-derived cardiomyocyte proliferation revealed by combinatorial screening in high density microbioreactor arrays

DM Titmarsh, NR Glass, RJ Mills, A Hidalgo… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Inducing cardiomyocyte proliferation in post-mitotic adult heart tissue is attracting significant
attention as a therapeutic strategy to regenerate the heart after injury. Model animal screens …

Scaling up stem cell production: harnessing the potential of microfluidic devices

L Ding, S Oh, J Shrestha, A Lam, Y Wang… - Biotechnology …, 2023 - Elsevier
Stem cells are specialised cells characterised by their unique ability to both self-renew and
transform into a wide array of specialised cell types. The widespread interest in stem cells for …