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      A palmtop-sized microfluidic cell culture system driven by a miniaturized infusion pump.

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          A palmtop-sized microfluidic cell culture system is presented. The system consists of a microfluidic device and a miniaturized infusion pump that possesses a reservoir of culture medium, an electrical control circuit, and an internal battery. The footprint of the system was downsized to 87 × 57 mm, which is, to the best of our knowledge, the smallest integrated cell culture system. Immortalized human microvascular endothelial cells (HMEC-1) and human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) were cultured in the system. HMEC-1 in the system proliferated at the same speed as cells in a microchannel perfused by a syringe pump and cells in a culture flask. HUVEC in the system oriented along the direction of the fluid flow. Claudin-5, a tight junction protein, was localized along the peripheries of the HUVEC. We expect that the present system is applicable to various cell types as a stand-alone and easy-to-use system for microfluidic bioanalysis.

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          Journal
          Electrophoresis
          Electrophoresis
          1522-2683
          0173-0835
          Jul 2012
          : 33
          : 12
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Department of Chemical and Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Japan Women's University, Mejirodai, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
          Article
          10.1002/elps.201100691
          22740461
          7c850ef2-ec2e-4cc8-9a6c-0e809459c790
          © 2012 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
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