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To develop an integrated microfluidic platform that automates and accelerates the cell labeling and washing process required for flow cytometry analysis.

February 20, 2014Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering

A microfluidics-based technique for automated and rapid labeling of cells for flow cytometry

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PPPhani K. PatibandlaUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham RERosendo EstradaPeptides International (United States)MKManasaa Kannan

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Experimental study demonstrates rapid microfluidic cell labeling and washing in T lymphoblasts, indicating potential for point-of-care cytometry.

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To develop an integrated microfluidic platform that automates and accelerates the cell labeling and washing process required for flow cytometry analysis.
Engineered an integrated microfluidic device with a chaotic mixer module for rapid reagent mixing and an inertial washing module with high aspect ratio channels to separate cells from unbound fluorescent antibodies.
Tested the platform using MOLT-3 T lymphoblast cells simultaneously labeled with three distinct fluorophore-conjugated antibodies, comparing an automated ~12-minute workflow against standard ~45-minute benchtop protocols.
The microfluidic system reduced the entire sample preparation time from approximately 45 minutes down to 12 minutes.
Observed no statistically significant difference in mean fluorescence intensity values across all three antibody labels between the microfluidic approach and conventional staining (p < 0.01).

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Patibandla et al. (2014) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6ab487e1952b5f18bf6d8659 https://doi.org/10.1088/0960-1317/24/3/034002

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Experimental study demonstrates rapid microfluidic cell labeling and washing in T lymphoblasts, indicating potential for point-of-care cytometry.

A microfluidics-based technique for automated and rapid labeling of cells for flow cytometry

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A microfluidics-based technique for automated and rapid labeling of cells for flow cytometry

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