A microfluidic invasion assay for glioma-initiating cells in three-dimensional culture

Shingo Fujioka, Sampetrean Oltea, Hideyuki Saya, Ryo Sudo

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Abstract

This paper presents a microfluidic three-dimensional (3D) platform to investigate behaviors of glioma-initiating cells (GIC) cocultured with human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC). In this platform, these cells were cultured in microenvironments similar to in vivo. Especially, our experiments have been performed with GIC established by gene transfection [1], which is different from conventional tumor cell lines. Our results demonstrate that biochemical factors secreted by HUVEC attracts glioma invasion.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication17th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2013
PublisherChemical and Biological Microsystems Society
Pages1075-1077
Number of pages3
ISBN (Print)9781632666246
Publication statusPublished - 2013
Externally publishedYes
Event17th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2013 - Freiburg, Germany
Duration: 27-10-201331-10-2013

Publication series

Name17th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2013
Volume2

Conference

Conference17th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2013
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityFreiburg
Period27-10-1331-10-13

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Bioengineering

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