Microfluidics for secretome analysis under enhanced endogenous signaling
Microfluidics for secretome analysis under enhanced endogenous signaling
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增强内源信号传导下用于分泌蛋白组分析的微流体
DOI:
10.1016/j.bbrc.2018.02.025
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发表时间:
2018-03-04
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
Elvassore, Nicola
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作者:
Hu, Qianjiang;Luni, Camilla;Elvassore, Nicola
Cell secretome, the complex set of proteins that are secreted by the cells, is a fundamental mechanism of cell-cell communication both in vitro and in vivo. In vivo, the analysis of proteins secreted into body fluids can bring to the identification of biomarkers for important physiopathological conditions. However, due to the complexity of the protein content of body fluids, a better understanding of the secreted proteins by different cell types is highly desirable and can be performed in vitro for dissection. To this aim, microfluidic culture systems could be particularly relevant because of the accumulation of extrinsic endogenous signals at microliter scale, which better preserves the self-regulation occurring in the small interstitial spaces in vivo. In this work, we perform a quantitative study to compare the secretome in microfluidics and in a standard well plate. Human foreskin fibroblasts are used as a case study. This work also represents an important technological advance in terms of feasibility of high-throughput quantitative protein analyses in microfluidics. (C) 2018 Published by Elsevier Inc.