Controlled Contact between Beads and Cells for the Characterization of Receptor–Ligand Bonds
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The controlled contact between two micro-sized objects, such as beads and cells, and the assessment of their adhesion status is demonstrated in this research. The controlled contact is carried out in a microfluidic channel under flow conditions and makes use of a combination of hydrodynamic traps, flow drag force and dielectrophoretic (DEP) force to maintain the two objects in contact for the desired duration in a first step. Then, the pair objects are separated in the second step in order to explore their adhesion status. Adhesion events are mediated by the bond formed between a receptor and its ligand, and their binding kinetic parameters can be extracted from the measurements using the proposed device.
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