| Evaluating cell migration in vitro by the method based on cell patterning within microfluidic channels. | |
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PMID: 22522534 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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Cell migration is an early-stage and critical step for cancer metastasis. The most common approach to monitor this process is wound-healing assay. However, this traditional method has some unavoidable limitations. We observed that simply scratching the monolayer of cultured cells might cause local cell damage around the injury line. The cells along the scratched border seemed to be irritated and exhibited abnormal distribution of cytoskeleton reassembly with protruding "cell islands" and "pseudopodia" during wound healing, which might potentially affect the assessment of cell migration behavior. Herein, we applied a microfluidic device that mechanically constrained cells seeded in a designed pattern inside microchannels, and monitored cell movement in a way of mimicking the natural microenvironment of cancerous tissues. We illustrated the capacity of this simple method to probe cellular migration behaviors and to screen some biological active agents that reflected in their influence on cellular motility. |
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Yan Wang; Zhenling Chen; Le Xiao; Zhiyan Du; Xiaoxi Han; Xiaodan Yu; Yinglin Lu |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Electrophoresis Volume: 33 ISSN: 1522-2683 ISO Abbreviation: Electrophoresis Publication Date: 2012 Mar |
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Created Date: 2012-04-23 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8204476 Medline TA: Electrophoresis Country: Germany |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 773-9 Citation Subset: IM |
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© 2012 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. |
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Department of Pathobiology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China. yan_way@yahoo.com.cn. |
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