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Hood MC, Gardner K, Li W, Tan J. Interplay of size, deformability, and device layout on cell transport in microfluidics. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2024; 36:425106. [PMID: 38975704 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/ad5ff3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2024] [Accepted: 07/03/2024] [Indexed: 07/09/2024]
Abstract
Microfluidics have been widely used for cell sorting and capture. In this work, numerical simulations of cell transport in microfluidic devices were studied considering cell sizes, deformability, and five different device designs. Among these five designs, deterministic lateral displacement device (DLD) and hyperuniform device (HU) performed better in promoting cell-micropost collision due to the continuously shifted micropost positions as compared with regular grid, staggered, and hexagonal layout designs. However, the grid and the hexagonal layouts showed best in differentiating cells by their size dependent velocity due to the size exclusion effect for cell transport in clear and straight paths in the flow direction. A systematic study of the velocity differentiation under different dimensionless groups was performed showing that the velocity difference is dominated by the micropost separation distance perpendicular to the direction of flow. Microfluidic experiments also confirmed the velocity differentiation results. The study can provide guiding principles for microfluidic design.
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- Michael C Hood
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115, United States of America
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, United States of America
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, United States of America
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115, United States of America
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Shanehband N, Naghib SM. Recent advances in nano/microfluidics-based cell isolation techniques for cancer diagnosis and treatments. Biochimie 2024; 220:122-143. [PMID: 38176605 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2024.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2023] [Revised: 11/26/2023] [Accepted: 01/01/2024] [Indexed: 01/06/2024]
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Miniaturization has improved significantly in the recent decade, which has enabled the development of numerous microfluidic systems. Microfluidic technologies have shown great potential for separating desired cells from heterogeneous samples, as they offer benefits such as low sample consumption, easy operation, and high separation accuracy. Microfluidic cell separation approaches can be classified into physical (label-free) and biological (labeled) methods based on their working principles. Each method has remarkable and feasible benefits for the purposes of cancer detection and therapy, as well as the challenges that we have discussed in this article. In this review, we present the recent advances in microfluidic cell sorting techniques that incorporate both physical and biological aspects, with an emphasis on the methods by which the cells are separated. We first introduce and discuss the biological cell sorting techniques, followed by the physical cell sorting techniques. Additionally, we explore the role of microfluidics in drug screening, drug delivery, and lab-on-chip (LOC) therapy. In addition, we discuss the challenges and future prospects of integrated microfluidics for cell sorting.
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- Nahid Shanehband
- Nanotechnology Department, School of Advanced Technologies, Iran University of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 16846-13114, Tehran, Iran
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- Nanotechnology Department, School of Advanced Technologies, Iran University of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 16846-13114, Tehran, Iran.
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Shen F, Gao J, Zhang J, Ai M, Gao H, Liu Z. Vortex sorting of rare particles/cells in microcavities: A review. BIOMICROFLUIDICS 2024; 18:021504. [PMID: 38571909 PMCID: PMC10987199 DOI: 10.1063/5.0174938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2023] [Accepted: 03/18/2024] [Indexed: 04/05/2024]
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Microfluidics or lab-on-a-chip technology has shown great potential for the separation of target particles/cells from heterogeneous solutions. Among current separation methods, vortex sorting of particles/cells in microcavities is a highly effective method for trapping and isolating rare target cells, such as circulating tumor cells, from flowing samples. By utilizing fluid forces and inertial particle effects, this passive method offers advantages such as label-free operation, high throughput, and high concentration. This paper reviews the fundamental research on the mechanisms of focusing, trapping, and holding of particles in this method, designs of novel microcavities, as well as its applications. We also summarize the challenges and prospects of this technique with the hope to promote its applications in medical and biological research.
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- Feng Shen
- Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed: and
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- School of Mathematics, Statistics and Mechanics, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Mathematics, Statistics and Mechanics, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Mathematics, Statistics and Mechanics, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of General Surgery, First Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, People’s Republic of China
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- Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed: and
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Mohamadsharifi A, Hajghassem H, Kalantar M, Karimi A, Tabatabaei Asl M, Hosseini S, Badieirostami M. High-Efficiency Inertial Separation of Microparticles Using Elevated Columned Reservoirs and Vortex Technique for Lab-on-a-Chip Applications. ACS OMEGA 2023; 8:28628-28639. [PMID: 37576636 PMCID: PMC10413478 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.3c03136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2023] [Accepted: 07/13/2023] [Indexed: 08/15/2023]
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The discovery of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) has envisioned an excellent outlook for cancer diagnosis and prognosis. Among numerous efforts proposed for CTCs isolation, vortex separation is a well-known method for capturing CTCs from blood due to its applicability, low sample volume requirement, and ability to retain cell viability. It is a label-free, passive, low-cost, and automated method, making it an ideal solution for lab-on-a-chip applications. The previous designs that employed vortex technology have shown reaching high throughput and 70% separation efficiency although it was after three processing cycles which are not desired. Inspired by our earlier design, in this work, we redesigned the chip geometry by elevating the columned reservoir height to capture more particles and consequently reduce particle-particle collision, eventually improving efficiency. So, a height-variable chip with fewer elevated columned reservoirs (ECRs) was employed to isolate 20 μm microparticles representing CTCs from 8 μm microparticles. Also, numerical simulations were conducted to investigate the third axis contribution to the separation mechanism. The new design with ECRs resulted in a 14% increase in average efficiency, reaching ∼80% ± 8.3% in microparticle separation and 61% purity. Moreover, the proposed chip geometry demonstrated more than three times higher capacity in retaining orbiting particles up to 1300 in peak performance without sacrificing efficiency compared to earlier single-layer designs. We came up with an upgraded injection system to facilitate this chip characterization. We also presented an effortless and straightforward approach for purging air bubbles trapped inside the reservoirs to preserve regular chip operation, especially where there is a mismatch between channel and reservoir heights.
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- Amir Mohamadsharifi
- Faculty
of New Sciences and Technologies, University
of Tehran, Tehran 14759-87353, Iran
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- Faculty
of New Sciences and Technologies, University
of Tehran, Tehran 14759-87353, Iran
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- Faculty
of New Sciences and Technologies, University
of Tehran, Tehran 14759-87353, Iran
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- Department
of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Sharif
University of Technology, Tehran 14588-89694, Iran
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- Division
of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803-2804, United States
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- School
of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran 14399-57131, Iran
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Qi M, Ruan M, Liang J, Zhang Z, Chen C, Cao Y, He R. Three-Dimensional PLGA Nanofiber-Based Microchip for High-Efficiency Cancer Cell Capture. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 16:3065. [PMID: 37109900 PMCID: PMC10144435 DOI: 10.3390/ma16083065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2023] [Revised: 04/07/2023] [Accepted: 04/11/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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A 3D network capture substrate based on poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) nanofibers was studied and successfully used for high-efficiency cancer cell capture. The arc-shaped glass micropillars were prepared by chemical wet etching and soft lithography. PLGA nanofibers were coupled with micropillars by electrospinning. Given the size effect of the microcolumn and PLGA nanofibers, a three-dimensional of micro-nanometer spatial network was prepared to form a network cell trapping substrate. After the modification of a specific anti-EpCAM antibody, MCF-7 cancer cells were captured successfully with a capture efficiency of 91%. Compared with the substrate composed of 2D nanofibers or nanoparticles, the developed 3D structure based on microcolumns and nanofibers had a greater contact probability between cells and the capture substrate, leading to a high capture efficiency. Cell capture based on this method can provide technical support for rare cells in peripheral blood detection, such as circulating tumor cells and circulating fetal nucleated red cells.
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Reversible capture and release of circulating tumor cells on a three‐dimensional conductive interface to improve cell purity for gene mutation analysis. VIEW 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/viw.20220054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Chen Y, Yang Y, Feng J, Carrier AJ, Tyagi D, Yu X, Wang C, Oakes KD, Zhang X. A universal monoclonal antibody-aptamer conjugation strategy for selective non-invasive bioparticle isolation from blood on a regenerative microfluidic platform. Acta Biomater 2022; 152:210-220. [PMID: 36087870 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2022.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2022] [Revised: 08/31/2022] [Accepted: 09/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Simultaneous isolation of various circulating tumor cell (CTC) subtypes from whole blood is useful in cancer diagnosis and prognosis. Microfluidic affinity separation devices are promising for CTC separation because of their high throughput capacity and automatability. However, current affinity agents, such as antibodies (mAbs) and aptamers (Apts) alone, are still suboptimal for efficient, consistent, and versatile cell analysis. By introducing a hybrid affinity agent, i.e., an aptamer-antibody (Apt-mAb) conjugate, we developed a universal and regenerative microchip with high efficiency and non-invasiveness in the separation and profiling of various CTCs from blood. The Apt-mAb conjugate consists of a monoclonal antibody that specifically binds the target cell receptor and a surface-bound aptamer that recognizes the conserved Fc region of the mAb. The aptamer then indirectly links the surface functionalization of the microfluidic channels to the mAbs. This hybrid affinity agent and the microchip platform may be widely useful for various bio-particle separations in different biological matrices. Further, the regeneration capability of the microchip improves data consistency between multiple uses and minimizes plastic waste while promoting environmental sustainability. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: A hybrid affinity agent, Apt-mAb, consisting of a universal aptamer (Apt) that binds the conserved Fc region of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) was developed. The invented nano-biomaterial combines the strengths and overcomes the weakness of both Apts and mAbs, thus changing the paradigm of affinity separation of cell subtypes. When Apt-mAb was used to fabricate microfluidic chips using a "universal screwdriver" approach, the microchip could be easily tuned to bind any cell type, exhibiting great universality. Besides high sensitivity and selectivity, the superior regenerative capacity of the microchips makes them reusable, which provides improved consistency and repeatability in cell profiling and opens a new approach towards in vitro diagnostic point-of-care testing devices with environmental sustainability and cost-effectiveness.
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- Yongli Chen
- Department of Biological Applied Engineering, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Fermentation Purification and Analysis, Shenzhen Polytechnic, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital & Shenzhen Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518116, China.
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- Department of Biological Applied Engineering, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Fermentation Purification and Analysis, Shenzhen Polytechnic, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Cape Breton University, 1250 Grand Lake Road, Sydney, Nova Scotia, B1P 6L2, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, Cape Breton University, 1250 Grand Lake Road, Sydney, Nova Scotia, B1P 6L2, Canada
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- National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital & Shenzhen Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518116, China
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- National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital & Shenzhen Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518116, China
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- Department of Biology, Cape Breton University, 1250 Grand Lake Road, Sydney, Nova Scotia, B1P 6L2, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, Cape Breton University, 1250 Grand Lake Road, Sydney, Nova Scotia, B1P 6L2, Canada.
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Deng Z, Wu S, Wang Y, Shi D. Circulating tumor cell isolation for cancer diagnosis and prognosis. EBioMedicine 2022; 83:104237. [PMID: 36041264 PMCID: PMC9440384 DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2022.104237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 47.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2022] [Revised: 08/08/2022] [Accepted: 08/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are tumor cells that shed from the primary tumor and intravasate into the peripheral blood circulation system responsible for metastasis. Sensitive detection of CTCs from clinical samples can serve as an effective tool in cancer diagnosis and prognosis through liquid biopsy. Current CTC detection technologies mainly reply on the biomarker-mediated platforms including magnetic beads, microfluidic chips or size-sensitive microfiltration which can compromise detection sensitivity due to tumor heterogeneity. A more sensitive, biomarker independent CTCs isolation technique has been recently developed with the surface-charged superparamagnetic nanoprobe capable of different EMT subpopulation CTC capture from 1 mL clinical blood. In this review, this new strategy is compared with the conventional techniques on biomarker specificity, impact of protein corona, effect of glycolysis on cell surface charge, and accurate CTC identification. Correlations between CTC enumeration and molecular profiling in clinical blood and cancer prognosis are provided for clinical cancer management.
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- Zicheng Deng
- The Materials Science and Engineering Program, College of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, USA; Center for Lung Regenerative Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA; Division of Pulmonary Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
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- The Institute for Translational Nanomedicine Shanghai East Hospital, The Institute for Biomedical Engineering and Nano Science, School of Medicine Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, PR China
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- The Institute for Translational Nanomedicine Shanghai East Hospital, The Institute for Biomedical Engineering and Nano Science, School of Medicine Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, PR China.
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- The Materials Science and Engineering Program, College of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, USA.
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Peng J, Liu Y, Su R, Zeng L, Huo Z, Peng R, Yu X, Zhang H, Yang C, Yang L, Zhu Z. DNA-Programmed Orientation-Ordered Multivalent Microfluidic Interface for Liquid Biopsy. Anal Chem 2022; 94:8766-8773. [PMID: 35670775 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.2c01359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Aptamer-functionalized microfluidic interfaces hold great potential for liquid biopsies owing to their programmable nature. However, most previous studies have focused on development of multivalent aptamers to improve binding affinity, while ignoring aptamer orientation on microfluidic interfaces, resulting in suboptimal accessibility and affinity. Herein, we report a Cubic DNA Nanostructure (CDN)-programmed strategy to precisely control the orientation and valency of the Aptamer on a microfluidic interface (CDN-Apt-Chip) for enhancing the capture and release of circulating tumor cells (CTCs). We demonstrate that the ordered orientation and multivalent configuration can synergistically increase the binding affinity of aptamers toward CTCs. By using CDN-Apt-Chip, we successfully isolated CTCs from the peripheral blood of T-cell leukemia patients and discriminated T-cell leukemia patients from healthy volunteers. Furthermore, the captured CTCs were nondestructively released via nuclease treatment. We then performed T-cell receptor sequencing on the released cells to demonstrate the compatibility with downstream analysis. Overall, this study provides a new paradigm for interface regulation of functional microfluidic chips and advances the clinical translation of aptamer-based liquid biopsy.
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- Jiao Peng
- MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis & Instrumentation, State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemical of Solid Surfaces, Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, Department of Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis & Instrumentation, State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemical of Solid Surfaces, Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, Department of Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis & Instrumentation, State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemical of Solid Surfaces, Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, Department of Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis & Instrumentation, State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemical of Solid Surfaces, Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, Department of Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis & Instrumentation, State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemical of Solid Surfaces, Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, Department of Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis & Instrumentation, State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemical of Solid Surfaces, Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, Department of Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- Innovation Laboratory for Sciences and Technologies of Energy Materials of Fujian Province, Xiamen 361005, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis & Instrumentation, State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemical of Solid Surfaces, Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, Department of Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China.,Innovation Laboratory for Sciences and Technologies of Energy Materials of Fujian Province, Xiamen 361005, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis & Instrumentation, State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemical of Solid Surfaces, Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, Department of Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis & Instrumentation, State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemical of Solid Surfaces, Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, Department of Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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Bhat MP, Thendral V, Uthappa UT, Lee KH, Kigga M, Altalhi T, Kurkuri MD, Kant K. Recent Advances in Microfluidic Platform for Physical and Immunological Detection and Capture of Circulating Tumor Cells. BIOSENSORS 2022; 12:220. [PMID: 35448280 PMCID: PMC9025399 DOI: 10.3390/bios12040220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2022] [Revised: 03/29/2022] [Accepted: 04/04/2022] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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CTCs (circulating tumor cells) are well-known for their use in clinical trials for tumor diagnosis. Capturing and isolating these CTCs from whole blood samples has enormous benefits in cancer diagnosis and treatment. In general, various approaches are being used to separate malignant cells, including immunomagnets, macroscale filters, centrifuges, dielectrophoresis, and immunological approaches. These procedures, on the other hand, are time-consuming and necessitate multiple high-level operational protocols. In addition, considering their low efficiency and throughput, the processes of capturing and isolating CTCs face tremendous challenges. Meanwhile, recent advances in microfluidic devices promise unprecedented advantages for capturing and isolating CTCs with greater efficiency, sensitivity, selectivity and accuracy. In this regard, this review article focuses primarily on the various fabrication methodologies involved in microfluidic devices and techniques specifically used to capture and isolate CTCs using various physical and biological methods as well as their conceptual ideas, advantages and disadvantages.
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- Mahesh Padmalaya Bhat
- Centre for Research in Functional Materials (CRFM), Jain Global Campus, Jain University, Bengaluru 562112, Karnataka, India; (M.P.B.); (V.T.); (M.K.)
- Agricultural Automation Research Center, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Korea;
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- Centre for Research in Functional Materials (CRFM), Jain Global Campus, Jain University, Bengaluru 562112, Karnataka, India; (M.P.B.); (V.T.); (M.K.)
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- Agricultural Automation Research Center, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Korea;
- Department of Convergence Biosystems Engineering, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Korea
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- Centre for Research in Functional Materials (CRFM), Jain Global Campus, Jain University, Bengaluru 562112, Karnataka, India; (M.P.B.); (V.T.); (M.K.)
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Taif University, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia;
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- Centre for Research in Functional Materials (CRFM), Jain Global Campus, Jain University, Bengaluru 562112, Karnataka, India; (M.P.B.); (V.T.); (M.K.)
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- Departamento de Química Física, Campus Universitario, CINBIO Universidade de Vigo, 36310 Vigo, Spain
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Liu Y, Li R, Zhang L, Guo S. Nanomaterial-Based Immunocapture Platforms for the Recognition, Isolation, and Detection of Circulating Tumor Cells. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2022; 10:850241. [PMID: 35360401 PMCID: PMC8964261 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2022.850241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2022] [Accepted: 02/18/2022] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
Abstract
Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are a type of cancer cells that circulate in the peripheral blood after breaking away from solid tumors and are essential for the establishment of distant metastasis. Up to 90% of cancer-related deaths are caused by metastatic cancer. As a new type of liquid biopsy, detecting and analyzing CTCs will provide insightful information for cancer diagnosis, especially the in-time disease status, which would avoid some flaws and limitations of invasive tissue biopsy. However, due to the extremely low levels of CTCs among a large number of hematologic cells, choosing immunocapture platforms for CTC detection and isolation will achieve good performance with high purity, selectivity, and viability. These properties are directly associated with precise downstream analysis of CTC profiling. Recently, inspired by the nanoscale interactions of cells in the tissue microenvironment, platforms based on nanomaterials have been widely explored to efficiently enrich and sensitively detect CTCs. In this review, various immunocapture platforms based on different nanomaterials for efficient isolation and sensitive detection of CTCs are outlined and discussed. First, the design principles of immunoaffinity nanomaterials are introduced in detail. Second, the immunocapture and release of platforms based on nanomaterials ranging from nanoparticles, nanostructured substrates, and immunoaffinity microfluidic chips are summarized. Third, recent advances in single-cell release and analysis of CTCs are introduced. Finally, some perspectives and challenges are provided in future trends of CTC studies.
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- Yichao Liu
- Center for Evidence-Based and Translational Medicine, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Solid State Physics and Devices, Xinjiang University, Urumqi, China
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- Center for Evidence-Based and Translational Medicine, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
- *Correspondence: Lingling Zhang, ; Shishang Guo,
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- Key Laboratory of Artificial Micro- and Nano-structures of Ministry of Education, School of Physics and Technology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
- *Correspondence: Lingling Zhang, ; Shishang Guo,
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Santos V, Freitas C, Fernandes MGO, Sousa C, Reboredo C, Cruz-Martins N, Mosquera J, Hespanhol V, Campelo R. Liquid biopsy: the value of different bodily fluids. Biomark Med 2022; 16:127-145. [DOI: 10.2217/bmm-2021-0370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Liquid biopsies have gained an increasing interest in the last years among medical and scientific communities. Indeed, the value of liquid effusions, while less invasive and more accurate techniques, has been markedly highlighted. Peripheral blood comprises the most often analyzed sample, but recent evidences have pointed out the huge importance of other bodily fluids, including pleural and peritoneal fluids, urine, saliva and cerebrospinal fluid in the detection and monitoring of different tumor types. In face to these advances, this review aims to provide an overview of the value of tumor-associated mutations, detectable in different effusions, and how they can be used in clinical practice, namely in prognosis assessment and early disease and minimal disease recurrence detection, and in predicting the treatment response or acquired-resistance development.
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- Vanessa Santos
- Department of Pulmonology, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, Alameda Prof. Hernâni Monteiro, Porto, 4200319, Portugal
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- Department of Pulmonology, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, Alameda Prof. Hernâni Monteiro, Porto, 4200319, Portugal
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Alameda Prof. Hernâni Monteiro, Porto, 4200319, Portugal
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- Department of Pulmonology, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, Alameda Prof. Hernâni Monteiro, Porto, 4200319, Portugal
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Alameda Prof. Hernâni Monteiro, Porto, 4200319, Portugal
- Institute for Research & Innovation in Health (I3S), University of Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen, Porto, 4200135, Portugal
- Institute of Molecular Pathology & Immunology of the University of Porto (IPATIMUP), Porto, 4200135, Portugal
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- Department of Pulmonology, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, Alameda Prof. Hernâni Monteiro, Porto, 4200319, Portugal
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- Department of Lung Cancer & Thoracic Tumours, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña, As Xubias, 84, 15006, A Coruña, La Coruña, Spain
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Alameda Prof. Hernâni Monteiro, Porto, 4200319, Portugal
- Institute for Research & Innovation in Health (I3S), University of Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen, Porto, 4200135, Portugal
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- Department of Lung Cancer & Thoracic Tumours, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña, As Xubias, 84, 15006, A Coruña, La Coruña, Spain
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- Department of Pulmonology, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, Alameda Prof. Hernâni Monteiro, Porto, 4200319, Portugal
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Alameda Prof. Hernâni Monteiro, Porto, 4200319, Portugal
- Institute for Research & Innovation in Health (I3S), University of Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen, Porto, 4200135, Portugal
- Institute of Molecular Pathology & Immunology of the University of Porto (IPATIMUP), Porto, 4200135, Portugal
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- Department of Lung Cancer & Thoracic Tumours, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña, As Xubias, 84, 15006, A Coruña, La Coruña, Spain
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Tang M, Zhang C, Ta L, Tan L, Zhang M, Xu D. Fully Automatic Multi-Class Multi-Residue Analysis of Veterinary Drugs Simultaneously in an Integrated Chip-MS Platform. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2021; 69:14320-14329. [PMID: 34779203 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.1c05235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Microfluidic chip analysis has great potential advantages such as high integration, fast speed analysis, and automatic operation and is widely used not only in biological fields but also in many other analytical areas such as agriculture and food safety. Herein, a fully automatic multi-class multi-residue analysis of veterinary drugs simultaneously in an integrated chip-mass spectrometry (chip-MS) platform was developed. The developed microfluidic chip platform integrated three modules including the extraction and filtration module, "pass-through" clean-up module, and online evaporation module. The resulting chip has been coupled to a MS detector successfully, in which 23 kinds of residues in five classes were simultaneously qualitatively and quantitatively detected without chromatographic separation, obtaining the limits of detection of the spiked milk sample in the range of 0.23-4.13 ng/mL and the recovery rate in the range from 71.7 to 118.0% under optimized conditions. The microfluidic chip system developed in this study provided a new idea for the development of detection chips and exhibited considerable potential in the point-of-care testing in milk.
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- Minmin Tang
- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Food Quality and Safety-State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base of Ministry of Science and Technology, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- NMPA Key Laboratory for Impurity Profile of Chemical Drugs, Jiangsu Institute for Food and Drug Control, Nanjing 210008, China
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- NMPA Key Laboratory for Impurity Profile of Chemical Drugs, Jiangsu Institute for Food and Drug Control, Nanjing 210008, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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Li F, Xu H, Zhao Y. Magnetic particles as promising circulating tumor cell catchers assisting liquid biopsy in cancer diagnosis: A review. Trends Analyt Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2021.116453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Yu Z, Jin J, Shui L, Chen H, Zhu Y. Recent advances in microdroplet techniques for single-cell protein analysis. Trends Analyt Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2021.116411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Nanomaterials meet microfluidics: Improved analytical methods and high-throughput synthetic approaches. Trends Analyt Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2021.116309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Enhancement of Heterogeneous Microfluidic Immunosensors Using New Sensing Area Shape with Electrothermal Effect. APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/app11104566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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In heterogeneous microfluidic immunosensors, the diffusion boundary layer produced on the sensing area represents a critical factor that limits the biosensor performance. A three-dimensional simulation using the finite element method on the binding reaction kinetics of C-reactive protein (CRP) has been performed. We present a new microfluidic biosensor based on a novel reaction-surface design without and with electrothermal force. Two reaction surface configurations were studied. The kinetic reaction rate was calculated with coupled Navier−Stokes, mass diffusion, energy, and Laplace equations. The numerical results reveal that the characteristics of a microfluidic biosensor are more enhanced by using the circular ring design of the sensing area coupled with the electrothermal force. The rate of initial slope related to the association phase is multiplied by a factor 2 when the voltage is increased from 10 to 15 V. The results prove to be valuable in designing new microfluidic biosensors.
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Cheng SB, Chen MM, Wang YK, Sun ZH, Qin Y, Tian S, Dong WG, Xie M, Huang WH. A Three-Dimensional Conductive Scaffold Microchip for Effective Capture and Recovery of Circulating Tumor Cells with High Purity. Anal Chem 2021; 93:7102-7109. [PMID: 33908770 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c00785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Effective acquirement of highly pure circulating tumor cells (CTCs) is very important for CTC-related research. However, it is a great challenge since abundant white blood cells (WBCs) are always co-collected with CTCs because of nonspecific bonding or low depletion rate of WBCs in various CTC isolation platforms. Herein, we designed a three-dimensional (3D) conductive scaffold microchip for highly effective capture and electrochemical release of CTCs with high purity. The conductive 3D scaffold was prepared by dense immobilization of gold nanotubes (Au NTs) on porous polydimethylsiloxane and was functionalized with a CTC-specific biomolecule facilitated by a Au-S bond before embedding into a microfluidic device. The spatially distributed 3D macroporous structure compelled cells to change migration from linear to chaotic and the densely covered Au NTs enhanced the topographic interaction between cells and the substrate, thus synergistically improving the CTC capture efficiency. The Au NT-coated 3D scaffold had good electrical conductivity and the Au-S bond was breakable by voltage exposure so that captured CTCs could be specifically released by electrochemical stimulation while nonspecifically bonded WBCs were not responsive to this process, facilitating recovery of CTCs with high purity. The 3D conductive scaffold microchip was successfully applied to obtain highly pure CTCs from cancer patients' blood, benefiting the downstream analysis of CTCs.
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- Shi-Bo Cheng
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Organic Chemical Materials Co-constructed by the Province and Ministry, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for the Synthesis and Application of Organic Functional Molecules, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China
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- Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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Maciel Braga LA, Mota FB. Early cancer diagnosis using lab-on-a-chip devices : A bibliometric and network analysis. COLLNET JOURNAL OF SCIENTOMETRICS AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/09737766.2021.1949949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- Luiza Amara Maciel Braga
- Faculty of Economics, Fluminense Federal University, Prof. Marcos Waldemar de Freitas Reis Street, 24210-200, Brazil,
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- Center for Strategic Studies, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Brasil Avenue 4036, 21040-361, Brazil
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