Microfluidic cell sorting: a review of the advances in the separation of cells from debulking to rare cell isolation

CW Shields Iv, CD Reyes, GP López - Lab on a Chip, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Accurate and high throughput cell sorting is a critical enabling technology in molecular and
cellular biology, biotechnology, and medicine. While conventional methods can provide high …

Recent advances in direct current electrokinetic manipulation of particles for microfluidic applications

X Xuan - Electrophoresis, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Microfluidic devices have been extensively used to achieve precise transport and placement
of a variety of particles for numerous applications. A range of force fields have thus far been …

Cell separation using tilted-angle standing surface acoustic waves

X Ding, Z Peng, SCS Lin, M Geri, S Li… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
Separation of cells is a critical process for studying cell properties, disease diagnostics, and
therapeutics. Cell sorting by acoustic waves offers a means to separate cells on the basis of …

Double spiral microchannel for label-free tumor cell separation and enrichment

J Sun, M Li, C Liu, Y Zhang, D Liu, W Liu, G Hu… - Lab on a Chip, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
This work reports on a passive double spiral microfluidic device allowing rapid and label-
free tumor cell separation and enrichment from diluted peripheral whole blood, by exploiting …

A high-throughput acoustic cell sorter

L Ren, Y Chen, P Li, Z Mao, PH Huang, J Rufo, F Guo… - Lab on a Chip, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Acoustic-based fluorescence activated cell sorters (FACS) have drawn increased attention
in recent years due to their versatility, high biocompatibility, high controllability, and simple …

Microfluidic: an innovative tool for efficient cell sorting

J Autebert, B Coudert, FC Bidard, JY Pierga… - Methods, 2012 - Elsevier
At first mostly dedicated to molecular analysis, microfluidic systems are rapidly expanding
their range of applications towards cell biology, thanks to their ability to control the …

Hydrodynamics in cell studies

D Huber, A Oskooei, X Casadevall i Solvas… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Hydrodynamic phenomena are ubiquitous in living organisms and can be used to
manipulate cells or emulate physiological microenvironments experienced in vivo …

Label-free isolation and mRNA detection of circulating tumor cells from patients with metastatic lung cancer for disease diagnosis and monitoring therapeutic efficacy

J Wang, W Lu, C Tang, Y Liu, J Sun, X Mu… - Analytical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
We develop an inertial-based microfluidic cell sorter combined with an integrated membrane
filter, allowing for size-based, label-free, and high-efficiency separation and enrichment of …