Future of digital assays to resolve clinical heterogeneity of single extracellular vesicles

RTT Morales, J Ko - ACS nano, 2022 - ACS Publications
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are complex lipid membrane vehicles with variable expressions
of molecular cargo, composed of diverse subpopulations that participate in the intercellular …

Single-cell sorting based on secreted products for functionally defined cell therapies

H Miwa, R Dimatteo, J de Rutte, R Ghosh… - Microsystems & …, 2022 - nature.com
Cell therapies have emerged as a promising new class of “living” therapeutics over the last
decade and have been particularly successful for treating hematological malignancies …

Associating growth factor secretions and transcriptomes of single cells in nanovials using SEC-seq

S Udani, J Langerman, D Koo, S Baghdasarian… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Cells secrete numerous bioactive molecules that are essential for the function of healthy
organisms. However, scalable methods are needed to link individual cell secretions to their …

SEC-seq: association of molecular signatures with antibody secretion in thousands of single human plasma cells

RYH Cheng, J de Rutte, CEK Ito, AR Ott… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The secreted products of cells drive many functions in vivo; however, methods to link this
functional information to surface markers and transcriptomes have been lacking. By …

Defining T cell receptor repertoires using nanovial-based binding and functional screening

D Koo, Z Mao, R Dimatteo, M Noguchi… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
The ability to selectively bind to antigenic peptides and secrete effector molecules can
define rare and low-affinity populations of cells with therapeutic potential in emerging T cell …

[HTML][HTML] Selectable encapsulated cell quantity in droplets via label-free electrical screening and impedance-activated sorting

J Zhong, M Liang, Q Tang, Y Ai - Materials Today Bio, 2023 - Elsevier
Single-cell encapsulation in droplets has become a powerful tool in immunotherapy,
medicine discovery, and single-cell analysis, thanks to its capability for cell confinement in …

Flow lithography for structured microparticles: fundamentals, methods and applications

MA Sahin, H Werner, S Udani, D Di Carlo, G Destgeer - Lab on a Chip, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Structured microparticles, with unique shapes, customizable sizes, multiple materials, and
spatially-defined chemistries, are leading the way for emerging 'lab on a …

Lab on a particle technologies

R Ghosh, A Arnheim, M van Zee, L Shang… - Analytical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
From “Lab on a Chip” to “Lab on a Particle”. The miniaturization and automation of life
science laboratory operations has leveraged fabrication advances in the integrated circuit …

Rapid discovery of monoclonal antibodies by microfluidics-enabled FACS of single pathogen-specific antibody-secreting cells

K Fischer, A Lulla, TY So, P Pereyra-Gerber… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Monoclonal antibodies are increasingly used to prevent and treat viral infections and are
pivotal in pandemic response efforts. Antibody-secreting cells (ASCs; plasma cells and …

[HTML][HTML] Passive microfluidic devices for cell separation

T Zhang, D Di Carlo, CT Lim, T Zhou, G Tian… - Biotechnology …, 2024 - Elsevier
The separation of specific cell populations is instrumental in gaining insights into cellular
processes, elucidating disease mechanisms, and advancing applications in tissue …