Journal
MICROMACHINES
Volume 12, Issue 12, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/mi12121482
Keywords
microfluidics; tissue; H-shaped channel; long-term perfusion; internal analysis; appearance analysis; concentration gradient
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Tissue assays have improved our understanding of cancers by examining the three-dimensional structures and cellular diversity, although certain challenges exist. Microfluidic technology has enabled the development of a device capable of forming concentration gradients in tissues for analysis, demonstrating comparability between appearance-based and content-based measurements.
Tissue assays have improved our understanding of cancers in terms of the three-dimensional structures and cellular diversity of the tissue, although they are not yet well-developed. Perfusion culture and active chemical gradient formation in centimeter order are difficult in tissue assays, but they are important for simulating the metabolic functions of tissues. Using microfluidic technology, we developed an H-shaped channel device that could form a long concentration gradient of molecules in a tissue that we could then analyze based on its appearance and content. For demonstration, a cylindrical pork tissue specimen was punched and equipped in the H-shaped channel device, and both ends of the tissue were exposed to flowing distilled and blue-dyed water for 100 h. After perfusion, the tissue was removed from the H-shaped channel device and sectioned. The gradient of the blue intensity along the longitudinal direction of the tissue was measured based on its appearance and content. We confirmed that the measured gradients from the appearance and content were comparable.
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