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SMALL
Volume 10, Issue 23, Pages 4810-4826Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/smll.201401444
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- Australian Research Council [DE120101402]
- Australian Research Council [DE120101402] Funding Source: Australian Research Council
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Intercellular signalling has been identified as a highly complex process, responsible for orchestrating many physiological functions. While conventional methods of investigation have been useful, their limitations are impeding further development. Microfluidics offers an opportunity to overcome some of these limitations. Most notably, microfluidic systems can emulate the in-vivo environments. Further, they enable exceptionally precise control of the microenvironment, allowing complex mechanisms to be selectively isolated and studied in detail. There has thus been a growing adoption of microfluidic platforms for investigation of cell signalling mechanisms. This review provides an overview of the different signalling mechanisms and discusses the methods used to study them, with a focus on the microfluidic devices developed for this purpose.
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