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Microfluidics for cell-cell interactions: A review

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Microfluidic chip has been applied in various biological fields owing to its low-consumption of reagents, high throughput, fluidic controllability and integrity. The well-designed microscale intermediary is also ideal for the study of cell biology. Particularly, microfluidic chip is helpful for better understanding cell-cell interactions. A general survey of recent publications would help to generalize the designs of the co-culture chips with different features. With ingenious and combinational utilization, the chips facilitate the implementation of some special coculture models that are highly concerned in a different spatial and temporal way.

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Li, R., Lv, X., Zhang, X. et al. Microfluidics for cell-cell interactions: A review. Front. Chem. Sci. Eng. 10, 90–98 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11705-015-1550-2

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