TY - JOUR
T1 - A novel integrated microfluidic platform to perform fluorescence in situ hybridization for chromosomal analysis
AU - Tai, Chien Hsuan
AU - Ho, Chung Liang
AU - Chen, Ya Lan
AU - Chen, Wan Li
AU - Lee, Gwo Bin
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments Authors would like to thank the National Science Council, Taiwan, for financial support (NSC 101-2120-M-007-014). Partial financial support from the ‘‘Towards A World-class University’’ Project is also greatly appreciated.
PY - 2013/12
Y1 - 2013/12
N2 - The fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) technique has been commonly employed to detect the chromosomal abnormalities. However, applications of this technique are limited due to its lengthy process and labor-intensive sample preparation. In this study, a novel integrated microfluidic chip capable of performing the entire FISH protocol automatically was reported. This novel technique can achieve several advantages, including reduce the consumption of biosamples and reagents, automation and rapid analysis compared to the conventional method. In this study, several functional microfluidic devices were integrated on a single chip to perform automatic FISH on the microfluidic platform. Experimental data demonstrated that the developed microfluidic system successfully provided superior performance for probing the chromosomal abnormality of cells. Furthermore, the novel microfluidic system performed the entire process automatically within 3 h, where the conventional method required 10 h to perform the entire protocol manually. This data indicated superior performance of the novelmethod. Our findings conclude that the novel integrated FISH protocol is more convenient to performlarge quantities of samples, which can be used in clinical trials.
AB - The fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) technique has been commonly employed to detect the chromosomal abnormalities. However, applications of this technique are limited due to its lengthy process and labor-intensive sample preparation. In this study, a novel integrated microfluidic chip capable of performing the entire FISH protocol automatically was reported. This novel technique can achieve several advantages, including reduce the consumption of biosamples and reagents, automation and rapid analysis compared to the conventional method. In this study, several functional microfluidic devices were integrated on a single chip to perform automatic FISH on the microfluidic platform. Experimental data demonstrated that the developed microfluidic system successfully provided superior performance for probing the chromosomal abnormality of cells. Furthermore, the novel microfluidic system performed the entire process automatically within 3 h, where the conventional method required 10 h to perform the entire protocol manually. This data indicated superior performance of the novelmethod. Our findings conclude that the novel integrated FISH protocol is more convenient to performlarge quantities of samples, which can be used in clinical trials.
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U2 - 10.1007/s10404-013-1190-0
DO - 10.1007/s10404-013-1190-0
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84893672268
SN - 1613-4982
VL - 15
SP - 745
EP - 752
JO - Microfluidics and Nanofluidics
JF - Microfluidics and Nanofluidics
IS - 6
ER -