High-throughput three-dimensional chemotactic assays reveal steepness-dependent complexity in neuronal sensation to molecular gradients

In vitro chemotactic assays are often 2D, low-throughput and lack fine gradient control. Here the authors present a hydrogel-based microfluidic platform for high-throughput 3D chemotactic assays, and use it to study neuronal sensitivity to guidance molecule gradient steepness.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Zhen Xu, Peilin Fang, Bingzhe Xu, Yufeng Lu, Jinghui Xiong, Feng Gao, Xin Wang, Jun Fan, Peng Shi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2018-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07186-x