[HTML][HTML] Viscoelastic microfluidics: Progress and challenges

J Zhou, I Papautsky - Microsystems & Nanoengineering, 2020 - nature.com
The manipulation of cells and particles suspended in viscoelastic fluids in microchannels
has drawn increasing attention, in part due to the ability for single-stream three-dimensional …

Advances in the application of magnetic nanoparticles for sensing

L Gloag, M Mehdipour, D Chen, RD Tilley… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) are of high significance in sensing as they provide viable
solutions to the enduring challenges related to lower detection limits and nonspecific effects …

[HTML][HTML] Microfluidic-based technologies for CTC isolation: a review of 10 years of intense efforts towards liquid biopsy

L Descamps, D Le Roy, AL Deman - International Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The selection of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) directly from blood as a real-time liquid
biopsy has received increasing attention over the past ten years, and further analysis of …

[HTML][HTML] Heterogeneity in circulating tumor cells: the relevance of the stem-cell subset

C Agnoletto, F Corrà, L Minotti, F Baldassari, F Crudele… - Cancers, 2019 - mdpi.com
The release of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) into vasculature is an early event in the
metastatic process. The analysis of CTCs in patients has recently received widespread …

Biosensors for circulating tumor cells (CTCs)-biomarker detection in lung and prostate cancer: Trends and prospects

SH Hussain, CS Huertas, A Mitchell, AL Deman… - Biosensors and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cancer is one of the leading cause of death worldwide. Lung cancer (LCa) and prostate
cancer (PCa) are the two most common ones particularly among men with about 20% of …

Microfluidics for label-free sorting of rare circulating tumor cells

S Zhu, F Jiang, Y Han, N Xiang, Z Ni - Analyst, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) have been widely considered as promising novel biomarkers
for molecular research and clinical diagnosis of cancer. However, the sorting of CTCs is very …

[HTML][HTML] Microfluidic techniques for isolation, formation, and characterization of circulating tumor cells and clusters

C Macaraniag, Q Luan, J Zhou, I Papautsky - APL bioengineering, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Circulating tumor cell (CTC) clusters that are shed from the primary tumor into the
bloodstream are associated with a poor prognosis, elevated metastatic potential, higher …

[HTML][HTML] Label-free microfluidic sorting of microparticles

J Zhou, P Mukherjee, H Gao, Q Luan… - APL bioengineering, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
Massive growth of the microfluidics field has triggered numerous advances in focusing,
separating, ordering, concentrating, and mixing of microparticles. Microfluidic systems …

Microfluidic systems for hydrodynamic trapping of cells and clusters

Q Luan, C Macaraniag, J Zhou, I Papautsky - Biomicrofluidics, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Microfluidic devices have been widely applied to trapping and isolation of cells and clusters
for controllable intercellular environments and high-throughput analysis, triggering …

[HTML][HTML] The role of circulating biomarkers in lung cancer

S Herath, H Sadeghi Rad, P Radfar, R Ladwa… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer morbidity and mortality worldwide and early
diagnosis is crucial for the management and treatment of this disease. Non-invasive means …