A versatile assay for monitoring in vivo-like transendothelial migration of neutrophils.

Han, Sewoon; Yan, Ji-Jing; Shin, Yoojin; Jeon, Jessie J; Won, Jihee; Jeong, Hyo Eun; Kamm, Roger D; Kim, Young-Joon et al. · Lab Chip · 2012

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Spatiotemporal analysis of the inflammatory response has been limited by the difficulties of in vivo imaging and reconstitution of inflammation in vitro. Here, we present a novel method for establishing in vivo-like inflammatory models in a microfluidic device and quantitatively measuring the three-dimensional transmigration of neutrophils during the inflammatory process. This enabled us to concurrently characterize transendothelial migration behaviors of neutrophils under the influence of various inflammatory stimuli.

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