Ion Conductance-Based Perfusability Assay of Vascular Vessel Models in Microfluidic Devices
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Cell Culture
2.2. Microfluidic Devices
2.3. Vascular Vessel Models
2.4. Ion Conductance Assay for Evaluation of the Perfusability of Vascular Vessel Models
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Vascular Vessel Models
3.2. Ion Conductance Assay for Evaluating the Perfusability of Vascular Vessel Models
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Akasaka, R.; Ozawa, M.; Nashimoto, Y.; Ino, K.; Shiku, H. Ion Conductance-Based Perfusability Assay of Vascular Vessel Models in Microfluidic Devices. Micromachines 2021, 12, 1491. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi12121491
Akasaka R, Ozawa M, Nashimoto Y, Ino K, Shiku H. Ion Conductance-Based Perfusability Assay of Vascular Vessel Models in Microfluidic Devices. Micromachines. 2021; 12(12):1491. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi12121491
Chicago/Turabian StyleAkasaka, Rise, Masashi Ozawa, Yuji Nashimoto, Kosuke Ino, and Hitoshi Shiku. 2021. "Ion Conductance-Based Perfusability Assay of Vascular Vessel Models in Microfluidic Devices" Micromachines 12, no. 12: 1491. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi12121491