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Blood cell interactions and segregation in flow. Ann Biomed Eng 2008; 36:534-44. [PMID: 18188702 DOI: 10.1007/s10439-007-9429-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2007] [Accepted: 12/19/2007] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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For more than a century, pioneering researchers have been using novel experimental and computational approaches to probe the mysteries of blood flow. Thanks to their efforts, we know that blood cells generally prefer to migrate to the axis of flow, that red and white cells segregate in flow, and that cell deformability and their tendency to reversibly aggregate contribute to the non-Newtonian nature of this unique fluid. All of these properties have beneficial physiological consequences, allowing blood to perform a variety of critical functions. Our current understanding of these unusual flow properties of blood have been made possible by the ingenuity and diligence of a number of researchers, including Harry Goldsmith, who developed novel technologies to visualize and quantify the flow of blood at the level of individual cells. Here we summarize efforts in our lab to continue this tradition and to further our understanding of how blood cells interact with each other and with the blood vessel wall.
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Kersaudy-Kerhoas M, Dhariwal R, Desmulliez MPY. Recent advances in microparticle continuous separation. IET Nanobiotechnol 2008; 2:1-13. [PMID: 18298195 DOI: 10.1049/iet-nbt:20070025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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- M Kersaudy-Kerhoas
- Heriot-Watt University, MIcroSystems Engineering Centre, School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Edinburgh, UK.
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Biochemical sample mixtures are commonly separated in batch processes, such as filtration, centrifugation, chromatography or electrophoresis. In recent years, however, many research groups have demonstrated continuous flow separation methods in microfluidic devices. Such separation methods are characterised by continuous injection, real-time monitoring, as well as continuous collection, which makes them ideal for combination with upstream and downstream applications. Importantly, in continuous flow separation the sample components are deflected from the main direction of flow, either by means of a force field (electric, magnetic, acoustic, optical etc.), or by intelligent positioning of obstacles in combination with laminar flow profiles. Sample components susceptible to deflection can be spatially separated. A large variety of methods has been reported, some of these are miniaturised versions of larger scale methods, others are only possible in microfluidic regimes. Researchers now have a diverse toolbox to choose from and it is likely that continuous flow methods will play an important role in future point-of-care or in-the-field analysis devices.
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- Nicole Pamme
- The University of Hull, Department of Chemistry, Cottingham Road, Hull, UK HU6 7RX.
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This review describes recent work in cell separation using micro- and nanoscale technologies. These devices offer several advantages over conventional, macroscale separation systems in terms of sample volumes, low cost, portability, and potential for integration with other analytical techniques. More importantly, and in the context of modern medicine, these technologies provide tools for point-of-care diagnostics, drug discovery, and chemical or biological agent detection. This review describes work in five broad categories of cell separation based on (1) size, (2) magnetic attraction, (3) fluorescence, (4) adhesion to surfaces, and (5) new emerging technologies. The examples in each category were selected to illustrate separation principles and technical solutions as well as challenges facing this rapidly emerging field.
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- Milica Radisic
- Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Seo J, Lean MH, Kole A. Membraneless microseparation by asymmetry in curvilinear laminar flows. J Chromatogr A 2007; 1162:126-31. [PMID: 17618636 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2007.05.110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2007] [Revised: 05/24/2007] [Accepted: 05/25/2007] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Membraneless microseparation by asymmetric inertial migration is studied in curvilinear laminar flows and evidence of the microseparation is presented. Along a curvilinear laminar flow, transverse particle migration involves competition between three shear-flow effects; the tubular pinch effect, centrifugal force, and Dean's vortex. Equilibrating control of migration allows for particle separation to different outlets. No filter-media or external force is necessary for the microseparation utilizing only shear-flow characteristics. A double-spiral design effectively controls the migration to optimize microseparation. The concentration ratio of 10 microm beads from the two different outlets was 660 times at 92 mm/s of flow velocity. This new technology has great potential for high-throughput and low cost in bio-agent and particulate separation at both macro and micro scales.
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- Jeonggi Seo
- Palo Alto Research Center, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA.
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Yamada M, Kano K, Tsuda Y, Kobayashi J, Yamato M, Seki M, Okano T. Microfluidic devices for size-dependent separation of liver cells. Biomed Microdevices 2007; 9:637-45. [PMID: 17530413 DOI: 10.1007/s10544-007-9055-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Liver is composed of various kinds of cells, including hepatic parenchymal cells (hepatocytes) and nonparenchymal cells, and separation of these cells is essential for cellular therapies and pharmacological and metabolic studies. Here, we present microfluidic devices for purely hydrodynamic and size-dependent separation of liver cells, which utilize hydrodynamic filtration. By continuously introducing cell suspension into a microchannel with multiple side-branch channels, cells smaller than a specific size are removed from the mainstream, while large cells are focused onto a sidewall in the microchannel and then separated into two or three groups. Two types of PDMS-glass hybrid microdevices were fabricated, and rat liver cells were successfully separated. Also, cell size, morphology, viability and several cell functions were analyzed, and the separation performances of the microfluidic devices were compared to that of a conventional centrifugal technique. The results showed that the presented microfluidic devices are low-cost and suitable for clinical use, and capable of highly functional separation with relatively high-speed processing.
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- Masumi Yamada
- Institute of Advanced Biomedical Engineering and Science, Tokyo Women's Medical University, 8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8666, Japan
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Gonzalez A, Ciobanu D, Sayers M, Sirr N, Dalton T, Davies M. Gene transcript amplification from cell lysates in continuous-flow microfluidic devices. Biomed Microdevices 2007; 9:729-36. [PMID: 17492382 DOI: 10.1007/s10544-007-9083-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Continuous-flow analysis, where samples circulate encapsulated in a carrier fluid is an attractive alternative to batch processing for high-throughput devices that use the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Challenges of continuous-flow prototypes include the hydrodynamic and biological incompatibility of the carrier fluid, microchannel fouling, sample carryover and the integration of a nucleic acid extraction and reverse transcription step. We tested two homemade, continuous-flow thermocycler microdevices for amplification of reverse-transcribed messages from cell lysates without nucleic acid extraction. Amplification yield and specificity were assessed with state-of-the-art, real-time quantitative equipment. Carryover contamination between consecutive samples was absent. Amplification specificity and interference by genomic DNA were optimized by primer design. Robust detection of the low-copy transcript CLIC5 from 18 cells per microliter is demonstrated in cultured lymphoblasts. The results prove the concept that the development of micro-total analysis systems (micro-TAS) for continuous gene expression directly from cell suspensions is viable with current technology.
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- Asensio Gonzalez
- Northern Ireland Regional Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics Laboratory, Blood Transfusion Service, Belfast City Hospital, Belfast, BT9 7TS, and Stokes Research Institute, University of Limerick, Ireland, UK.
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Cheng X, Irimia D, Dixon M, Sekine K, Demirci U, Zamir L, Tompkins RG, Rodriguez W, Toner M. A microfluidic device for practical label-free CD4(+) T cell counting of HIV-infected subjects. LAB ON A CHIP 2007; 7:170-8. [PMID: 17268618 PMCID: PMC4028372 DOI: 10.1039/b612966h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 227] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Practical HIV diagnostics are urgently needed in resource-limited settings. While HIV infection can be diagnosed using simple, rapid, lateral flow immunoassays, HIV disease staging and treatment monitoring require accurate counting of a particular white blood cell subset, the CD4(+) T lymphocyte. To address the limitations of current expensive, technically demanding and/or time-consuming approaches, we have developed a simple CD4 counting microfluidic device. This device uses cell affinity chromatography operated under differential shear flow to specifically isolate CD4(+) T lymphocytes with high efficiency directly from 10 microliters of unprocessed, unlabeled whole blood. CD4 counts are obtained under an optical microscope in a rapid, simple and label-free fashion. CD4 counts determined in our device matched measurements by conventional flow cytometry among HIV-positive subjects over a wide range of absolute CD4 counts (R(2) = 0.93). This CD4 counting microdevice can be used for simple, rapid and affordable CD4 counting in point-of-care and resource-limited settings.
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- Xuanhong Cheng
- Surgical Services and Center for Engineering in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and Shriners Hospital for Children, Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, USA., Fax: 617-724-2999; Tel: 617-371-4876
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- Surgical Services and Center for Engineering in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and Shriners Hospital for Children, Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, USA., Fax: 617-724-2999; Tel: 617-371-4876
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- Parnters AIDS Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, USA., Fax: 617-726-4691; Tel: 617-726-8099
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- Surgical Services and Center for Engineering in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and Shriners Hospital for Children, Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, USA., Fax: 617-724-2999; Tel: 617-371-4876
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- Surgical Services and Center for Engineering in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and Shriners Hospital for Children, Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, USA., Fax: 617-724-2999; Tel: 617-371-4876
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- Parnters AIDS Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, USA., Fax: 617-726-4691; Tel: 617-726-8099
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- Surgical Services and Center for Engineering in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and Shriners Hospital for Children, Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, USA., Fax: 617-724-2999; Tel: 617-371-4876
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- Parnters AIDS Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, USA., Fax: 617-726-4691; Tel: 617-726-8099
- Division of AIDS, Harvard Medical School, and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, USA
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- Surgical Services and Center for Engineering in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and Shriners Hospital for Children, Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, USA., Fax: 617-724-2999; Tel: 617-371-4876
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VanDelinder V, Groisman A. Perfusion in Microfluidic Cross-Flow: Separation of White Blood Cells from Whole Blood and Exchange of Medium in a Continuous Flow. Anal Chem 2007; 79:2023-30. [PMID: 17249639 DOI: 10.1021/ac061659b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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We describe a microfluidic technique for separation of particles and cells and a device that employs this technique to separate white blood cells (WBC) from whole human blood. The separation is performed in cross-flow in an array of microchannels with a deep main channel and large number of orthogonal, shallow side channels. As a suspension of particles advances through the main channel, a perfusion flow through the side channels gradually exchanges the medium of the suspension and washes away particles that are sufficiently small to enter the shallow side channels. The microfluidic device is tested with a suspension of polystyrene beads and is shown to efficaciously exchange the carrier medium while retaining all beads. In tests with whole human blood, the device is shown to reduce the content of red blood cells (RBC) by a factor of approximately 4000 with retention of 98% of WBCs. The ratio between WBCs and RBCs reached at an outlet of the device is 2.4 on average. The device is made of a single cast of poly(dimethylsiloxane) sealed with a cover glass and is simple to fabricate. The proposed technique of separation by perfusion in continuous cross-flow could be used to enrich rare populations of cells based on differences in size, shape, and deformability.
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- Virginia VanDelinder
- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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Chin CD, Linder V, Sia SK. Lab-on-a-chip devices for global health: past studies and future opportunities. LAB ON A CHIP 2007; 7:41-57. [PMID: 17180204 DOI: 10.1039/b611455e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 433] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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A rapidly emerging field in lab-on-a-chip (LOC) research is the development of devices to improve the health of people in developing countries. In this review, we identify diseases that are most in need of new health technologies, discuss special design criteria for LOC devices to be deployed in a variety of resource-poor settings, and review past research into LOC devices for global health. We focus mainly on diagnostics, the nearest-term application in this field.
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- Curtis D Chin
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
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Huh YS, Jun YS, Hong YK, Hong WH, Kim DH. Microfluidic separation of (S)-ibuprofen using enzymatic reaction. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molcatb.2006.06.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Murthy SK, Sethu P, Vunjak-Novakovic G, Toner M, Radisic M. Size-based microfluidic enrichment of neonatal rat cardiac cell populations. Biomed Microdevices 2006; 8:231-7. [PMID: 16732418 DOI: 10.1007/s10544-006-8169-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Native heart consists of myocytes and non-myocytes. We demonstrate here the feasibility of a size-based microfluidic separation of myocytes and non-myocytes from the neonatal rat myocardium. The device consists of a middle channel (50 microm wide, 200 microm tall, and 4 cm long) connected to adjacent side channels by microsieves (80 microm wide, 5 microm tall and 40 microm in length). The side channels increase in width in a flared shape along the length of the device to ensure constant pressure gradient across all sieves. In the first step, non-myocytes were removed from the myocytes by a conventional pre-plating method for 75 min. Subsequently, the non-myocytes were further enriched in a microfluidic device at 20 microl/min. We demonstrated that the cells in the middle and side channels maintained viability during sorting and the ability to attach and grow in culture. Upon culture for 48 h cardiomyocytes from the reservoir (control) and middle channel stained positive for cardiac Troponin I, exhibited a well developed contractile apparatus and contracted spontaneously and in response to electrical field stimulation. Most of the cells in the side channel expressed a non-myocyte marker vimetin. Fluorescent activated cell sorting indicated significant enrichment in the side channel (p < 0.001) for non-myocytes. Original cell suspension had a bimodal cell size distribution with the peaks in the range from 7-9 microm and 15-17 microm. Upon cell sorting the distribution was Gaussian in both side channel and middle channel with the peaks in the range 7-9 microm and 9-11 microm respectively, indicating that the separation by size occurred.
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- Shashi K Murthy
- Surgical Services and Center for Engineering in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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Davis JA, Inglis DW, Morton KJ, Lawrence DA, Huang LR, Chou SY, Sturm JC, Austin RH. Deterministic hydrodynamics: taking blood apart. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006; 103:14779-84. [PMID: 17001005 PMCID: PMC1595428 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0605967103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 349] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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We show the fractionation of whole blood components and isolation of blood plasma with no dilution by using a continuous-flow deterministic array that separates blood components by their hydrodynamic size, independent of their mass. We use the technology we developed of deterministic arrays which separate white blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets from blood plasma at flow velocities of 1,000 microm/sec and volume rates up to 1 microl/min. We verified by flow cytometry that an array using focused injection removed 100% of the lymphocytes and monocytes from the main red blood cell and platelet stream. Using a second design, we demonstrated the separation of blood plasma from the blood cells (white, red, and platelets) with virtually no dilution of the plasma and no cellular contamination of the plasma.
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- John A. Davis
- *Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials, and
- Departments of Electrical Engineering and
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- *Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials, and
- Departments of Electrical Engineering and
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- *Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials, and
- Departments of Electrical Engineering and
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- *Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials, and
- Departments of Electrical Engineering and
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- *Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials, and
- Departments of Electrical Engineering and
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- *Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials, and
- Departments of Electrical Engineering and
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- *Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials, and
- Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544; and
- To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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Song H, Li HW, Munson MS, Van Ha TG, Ismagilov RF. On-chip titration of an anticoagulant argatroban and determination of the clotting time within whole blood or plasma using a plug-based microfluidic system. Anal Chem 2006; 78:4839-49. [PMID: 16841902 PMCID: PMC1851927 DOI: 10.1021/ac0601718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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This paper describes extending plug-based microfluidics to handling complex biological fluids such as blood, solving the problem of injecting additional reagents into plugs, and applying this system to measuring of clotting time in small volumes of whole blood and plasma. Plugs are droplets transported through microchannels by fluorocarbon fluids. A plug-based microfluidic system was developed to titrate an anticoagulant (argatroban) into blood samples and to measure the clotting time using the activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) test. To carry out these experiments, the following techniques were developed for a plug-based system: (i) using Teflon AF coating on the microchannel wall to enable formation of plugs containing blood and transport of the solid fibrin clots within plugs, (ii) using a hydrophilic glass capillary to enable reliable merging of a reagent from an aqueous stream into plugs, (iii) using bright-field microscopy to detect the formation of a fibrin clot within plugs and using fluorescent microscopy to detect the production of thrombin using a fluorogenic substrate, and (iv) titration of argatroban (0-1.5 microg/mL) into plugs and measurement of the resulting APTTs at room temperature (23 degrees C) and physiological temperature (37 degrees C). APTT measurements were conducted with normal pooled plasma (platelet-poor plasma) and with donor's blood samples (both whole blood and platelet-rich plasma). APTT values and APTT ratios measured by the plug-based microfluidic device were compared to the results from a clinical laboratory at 37 degrees C. APTT obtained from the on-chip assay were about double those from the clinical laboratory but the APTT ratios from these two methods agreed well with each other.
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Shevkoplyas SS, Yoshida T, Gifford SC, Bitensky MW. Direct measurement of the impact of impaired erythrocyte deformability on microvascular network perfusion in a microfluidic device. LAB ON A CHIP 2006; 6:914-20. [PMID: 16804596 DOI: 10.1039/b601554a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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The ability of red blood cells (RBCs, erythrocytes) to deform and pass through capillaries is essential for continual flow of blood in the microvasculature, which ensures an adequate supply of oxygen and nutrients, prompt removal of metabolic waste products, transport of drugs and hormones, and traffic of circulating cells to and from all living tissues. This paper presents a novel tool for evaluating the impact of impaired deformability of RBCs on the flow of blood in the microvasculature by directly measuring perfusion of a test microchannel network with dimensions and topology similar to the real microcirculation. The measurement of microchannel network perfusion is compared with RBC filtration -- a conventional assay of RBC deformability. In contrast to RBC filterability, network perfusion depends linearly on RBC deformability modulated by graded exposure to glutaraldehyde, showing a higher sensitivity to small changes of deformability. The direct measurement of microchannel network perfusion represents a new concept for the field of blood rheology and should prove beneficial for basic science and clinical applications.
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- Sergey S Shevkoplyas
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, 44 Cummington St., Boston, MA 02215, USA.
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Dittrich PS, Tachikawa K, Manz A. Micro Total Analysis Systems. Latest Advancements and Trends. Anal Chem 2006; 78:3887-908. [PMID: 16771530 DOI: 10.1021/ac0605602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 564] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Petra S Dittrich
- Institute for Analytical Sciences, Bunsen-Kirchhoff-Strasse 11, D-44139 Dortmund, Germany
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VanDelinder V, Groisman A. Separation of Plasma from Whole Human Blood in a Continuous Cross-Flow in a Molded Microfluidic Device. Anal Chem 2006; 78:3765-71. [PMID: 16737235 DOI: 10.1021/ac060042r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 170] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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We designed, fabricated, and tested a microfluidic device for separation of plasma from whole human blood by size exclusion in a cross-flow. The device is made of a single mold of a silicone elastomer poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) sealed with a cover glass and is essentially disposable. When loaded with blood diluted to 20% hematocrit and driven with pulsatile pressure to prevent clogging of the channels with blood cells, the device can operate for at least 1 h, extracting approximately 8% of blood volume as plasma at an average rate of 0.65 microL/min. The flow in the device causes very little hemolysis; the extracted plasma meets the standards for common assays and is delivered to the device outlet approximately 30 s after injection of blood to the inlet. Integration of the cross-flow microchannel array with on-chip assay elements would create a microanalysis system for point-of-care diagnostics, reducing costs, turn-around times, and volumes of blood sample and reagents required for the assays.
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- Virginia VanDelinder
- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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Sethu P, Sin A, Toner M. Microfluidic diffusive filter for apheresis (leukapheresis). LAB ON A CHIP 2006; 6:83-9. [PMID: 16372073 DOI: 10.1039/b512049g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Apheresis is a procedure used to fractionate whole blood into its individual components. Following fractionation, the desired component is isolated and the remaining blood in many cases is returned to the donor. Leukapheresis is one type of apheresis where leukocytes (white blood cells) are selectively removed. This procedure is commonly used for blood transfusions to remove donor leukocytes from being transferred to the recipient. Apheresis also has several therapeutic applications. In this manuscript we discuss the design, fabrication and testing of a continuous flow diffusive filter, fabricated using simple soft lithographic techniques for depletion of leukocytes. This device employs micro sieves that exploit the size and shape difference between the different cell types to obtain depletion of leukocytes from whole blood. Currently, conventional apheresis methods like centrifugation or fiber mesh filtration are commonly used. A theoretical model was developed to determine the optimal shape of the diffuser to ensure that the volumetric flow through individual sieve elements is equal. This device was designed to serve as a passive device that does not require any external manipulation. Results show that for the given device design, isolation of approximately 50% of the inlet erythrocytes (red blood cells), along with depletion of >97% of the inlet leukocytes is possible at a flow rate of 5 microl min(-1). Simple modifications to the geometry and dimensions of the sieves can be made to obtain isolation of plasma.
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- Palaniappan Sethu
- Surgical Services and Center for Engineering in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School and Shriners Hospital for Children, MA 02114, Boston, USA.
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Glickman JF, Auld D. Literature Search and Review. Assay Drug Dev Technol 2005. [DOI: 10.1089/adt.2005.3.227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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