Cell confinement in patterned nanoliter droplets in a microwell array by wiping.

نویسندگان

  • Lifeng Kang
  • Matthew J Hancock
  • Mark D Brigham
  • Ali Khademhosseini
چکیده

Cell patterning is useful for a variety of biological applications such as tissue engineering and drug discovery. In particular, the ability to localize cells within distinct fluids is beneficial for a variety of applications ranging from microencapsulation to high-throughput analysis. However, despite much progress, cell immobilization and maintenance within patterned microscale droplets remains a challenge. In particular, no method currently exists to rapidly seed cells into microwell arrays in a controllable and reliable manner. In this study, we present a simple wiping technique to localize cells within arrays of polymeric microwells. This robust method produces cell seeding densities that vary consistently with microwell geometry and cell concentration. Moreover, we develop a simple theoretical model to accurately predict cell seeding density and seeding efficiency in terms of the design parameters of the microwell array and the cell density. This short-term cell patterning approach is an enabling tool to develop new high-throughput screening technologies that utilize microwell arrays containing cells for screening applications.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of biomedical materials research. Part A

دوره 93 2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2010