TY - JOUR
T1 - Isolation of cancer cells by "in situ" microfluidic biofunctionalization protocols
AU - De Vitis, Stefania
AU - Matarise, Giuseppina
AU - Pardeo, Francesca
AU - Catalano, Rossella
AU - Malara, Natalia
AU - Trunzo, Valentina
AU - Tallerico, Rossana
AU - Gentile, Francesco
AU - Candeloro, Patrizio
AU - Coluccio, Maria Laura
AU - Massaro, Alessandro
AU - Viglietto, Giuseppe
AU - Carbone, Ennio
AU - Kutter, Jörg P.
AU - Perozziello, Gerardo
AU - Di Fabrizio, Enzo
PY - 2014/7/25
Y1 - 2014/7/25
N2 - The aim of this work is the development of a microfluidic immunosensor for the immobilization of cancer cells and their separation from healthy cells by using "in situ" microfluidic biofunctionalization protocols. These protocols allow to link antibodies on microfluidic device surfaces and can be used to study the interaction between cell membrane and biomolecules. Moreover they allow to perform analysis with high processing speed, small quantity of reagents and samples, short reaction times and low production costs. In this work the developed protocols were used in microfluidic devices for the isolation of cancer cells in heterogeneous blood samples by exploiting the binding of specific antibody to an adhesion protein (EpCAM), overexpressed on the tumor cell membranes. The presented biofunctionalization protocols can be performed right before running the experiment: this allows to have a flexible platform where biomolecules of interest can be linked on the device surface according to the user's needs.
AB - The aim of this work is the development of a microfluidic immunosensor for the immobilization of cancer cells and their separation from healthy cells by using "in situ" microfluidic biofunctionalization protocols. These protocols allow to link antibodies on microfluidic device surfaces and can be used to study the interaction between cell membrane and biomolecules. Moreover they allow to perform analysis with high processing speed, small quantity of reagents and samples, short reaction times and low production costs. In this work the developed protocols were used in microfluidic devices for the isolation of cancer cells in heterogeneous blood samples by exploiting the binding of specific antibody to an adhesion protein (EpCAM), overexpressed on the tumor cell membranes. The presented biofunctionalization protocols can be performed right before running the experiment: this allows to have a flexible platform where biomolecules of interest can be linked on the device surface according to the user's needs.
KW - Biofunctionalization protocols
KW - Cancer cell isolations
KW - Cell sorting
KW - Microfluidic assay
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84901836503&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.mee.2014.04.013
DO - 10.1016/j.mee.2014.04.013
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:84901836503
SN - 0167-9317
VL - 124
SP - 76
EP - 80
JO - Microelectronic Engineering
JF - Microelectronic Engineering
ER -