Stem cell culture and differentiation in microfluidic devices toward organ-on-a-chip

J Zhang, X Wei, R Zeng, F Xu, XJ Li - Future science OA, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Microfluidic lab-on-a-chip provides a new platform with unique advantages to mimic
complex physiological microenvironments in vivo and has been increasingly exploited to …

Micro/nanoengineered technologies for human pluripotent stem cells maintenance and differentiation

SN Esfahani, AMR Irizarry, X Xue, SBD Lee, Y Shao… - Nano Today, 2021 - Elsevier
Human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) are a promising source of cells for cell replacement-
based therapies as well as modeling human development and diseases in vitro. However …

Dynamic screening and printing of single cells using a microfluidic chip with dual microvalves

C Chen, D Xu, S Bai, Z Yu, Y Zhu, X Xing, H Chen - Lab on a Chip, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Inoculation of single cells into separate culture chambers is one of the key requirements in
single-cell analysis. This paper reports an innovative microfluidic chip integrating two …

Interfacial Engineering for Biomolecule Immobilisation in Microfluidic Devices

D Ashok, J Singh, HR Howard, S Cottam… - Biomaterials, 2024 - Elsevier
Microfluidic devices are used for various applications in biology and medicine. From on-chip
modelling of human organs for drug screening and fast and straightforward point-of-care …

Advances in microfluidics applied to single cell operation

XD Zhu, J Chu, YH Wang - Biotechnology Journal, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The field of microbiology have traditionally been concerned with and focused on studies at
the population level. Microfluidic platforms have emerged as important tools for biology …

Advances in microfluidic platforms for analyzing and regulating human pluripotent stem cells

T Qian, EV Shusta, SP Palecek - Current opinion in genetics & …, 2015 - Elsevier
Microfluidic devices employ submillimeter length scale control of flow to achieve high-
resolution spatial and temporal control over the microenvironment, providing powerful tools …

A high throughput micro-chamber array device for single cell clonal cultivation and tumor heterogeneity analysis

FM Shen, L Zhu, H Ye, YJ Yang, DW Pang, ZL Zhang - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Recently, single cell cloning techniques have been gradually developed benefited from their
important roles in monoclonal antibody screening, tumor heterogeneity research fields, etc …

In vitro microscale models for embryogenesis

J Rico‐Varela, D Ho, LQ Wan - Advanced biosystems, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Embryogenesis is a highly regulated developmental process requiring complex mechanical
and biochemical microenvironments to give rise to a fully developed and functional embryo …

Microfluidic devices, accumulation of endogenous signals and stem cell fate selection

P Fattahi, A Haque, KJ Son, J Guild, A Revzin - Differentiation, 2020 - Elsevier
Secreted signals originate from a given cell or group of cells and diffuse through the
extracellular space. These signals consist of cytokines and growth factors and are defined …

A microfluidic single-cell cloning (SCC) device for the generation of monoclonal cells

CF Yeh, CH Lin, HC Chang, CY Tang, PT Lai, CH Hsu - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Single-cell cloning (SCC) is a critical step in generating monoclonal cell lines, which are
widely used as in vitro models and for producing proteins with high reproducibility for …