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A self-filling microfluidic device for noninvasive and time-resolved single red blood cell experiments

Göllner, Michael and Toma, Adriana C. and Strelnikova, Natalja and Deshpande, Siddharth and Pfohl, Thomas. (2016) A self-filling microfluidic device for noninvasive and time-resolved single red blood cell experiments. Biomicrofluidics, 10 (5). 054121.

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Abstract

Existing approaches to red blood cell (RBC) experiments on the single-cell level usually rely on chemical or physical manipulations that often cause difficulties with preserving the RBC's integrity in a controlled microenvironment. Here, we introduce a straightforward, self-filling microfluidic device that autonomously separates and isolates single RBCs directly from unprocessed human blood samples and confines them in diffusion-controlled microchambers by solely exploiting their unique intrinsic properties. We were able to study the photo-induced oxygenation cycle of single functional RBCs by Raman microscopy without the limitations typically observed in optical tweezers based methods. Using bright-field microscopy, our noninvasive approach further enabled the time-resolved analysis of RBC flickering during the reversible shape evolution from the discocyte to the echinocyte morphology. Due to its specialized geometry, our device is particularly suited for studying the temporal behavior of single RBCs under precise control of their environment that will provide important insights into the RBC's biomedical and biophysical properties.
Faculties and Departments:05 Faculty of Science > Departement Chemie > Former Organization Units Chemistry > Biophysikalische Chemie (Pfohl)
UniBasel Contributors:Pfohl, Thomas
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:AIP Publishing
e-ISSN:1932-1058
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
Language:English
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