Development of a vascular smooth muscle cell-based bio-microactuator

Yo Tanaka; Kae Sato; Tatsuya Shimizu; Masayuki Yamato; Teruo Okano; Ichiro Manabe; Ryozo Nagai; Takehiko Kitamori

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Development of a vascular smooth muscle cell-based bio-microactuator

Yo Tanaka, Kae Sato, Tatsuya Shimizu, Masayuki Yamato, Teruo Okano, Ichiro Manabe, Ryozo Nagai and Takehiko Kitamori

12th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences - The Proceedings of MicroTAS 2008 Conference, pp.1666-1668

2008

Appears in keyword about Chemistry

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Bio-microactuator

Mi-crofluidic device

Micropillar

Vascular smooth muscle cell

Chemical Engineering (miscellaneous)

Bioengineering

In this paper, we have driven polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) micropillars by us-ing vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs) on them. SMCs could both drive and re-turn micropillars by only chemical stimuli. From this result, the principle of an SMC-based bio-microactuator was demonstrated.

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Title: Development of a vascular smooth muscle cell-based bio-microactuator
Translated title: Development of a vascular smooth muscle cell-based bio-microactuator
Creators - without role: Yo Tanaka - The University of Tokyo
Kae Sato - The University of Tokyo
Tatsuya Shimizu - Tokyo Women's Medical University
Masayuki Yamato - Tokyo Women's Medical University
Teruo Okano - Tokyo Women's Medical University
Ichiro Manabe - The University of Tokyo
Ryozo Nagai - The University of Tokyo
Takehiko Kitamori - The University of Tokyo
Publication Details: 12th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences - The Proceedings of MicroTAS 2008 Conference, pp.1666-1668
Identifiers: 9957769937106774
Academic Unit: Institute of NanoEngineering and Microsystems, College of Engineering, National Tsing Hua University
Language: English
Resource Type: Conference paper

Development of a vascular smooth muscle cell-based bio-microactuator

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