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JoVE Journal Bioengineering
Layer-by-layer Collagen Deposition in Microfluidic Devices for Microtissue Stabilization
 

Layer-by-layer Collagen Deposition in Microfluidic Devices for Microtissue Stabilization

Article doi: 10.3791/53078
September 29th, 2015 •
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1Center for Engineering in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 2Shriners Hospitals for Children-Boston

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September 29th, 2015

The creation of functional microtissues within microfluidic devices requires the stabilization of cell phenotypes by adapting traditional cell culture techniques to the limited spatial dimensions in microdevices. Modification of collagen allows the layer-by-layer deposition of ultrathin collagen assemblies that can stabilize primary cells, such as hepatocytes, as microfluidic tissue models.

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