Lab-on-a-disk extraction of PBMC and metered plasma from whole blood: An advanced event-triggered valving strategy
In this paper, we present a centrifugal microfluidic concept employing event-triggered valving for automated extraction of metered plasma and peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs). This “lab-on-a-disk” system has been developed for retrieving different density layers from a liquid column by “ov...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Biomicrofluidics 2021-12, Vol.15 (6), p.064102-064102 |
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Zusammenfassung: | In this paper, we present a centrifugal microfluidic concept employing event-triggered valving for automated extraction of metered plasma and peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs). This “lab-on-a-disk” system has been developed for retrieving different density layers from a liquid column by “overflowing” the layers sequentially using the pressure exerted by a density-gradient liquid. Defined volumes of plasma and PBMCs were efficiently forwarded into designated microfluidic chambers as a sample preparation step prior to further downstream processing. Furthermore, the extracted PBMCs were counted directly on-disk using an automated optical unit by object-based image analysis, thus eliminating the requirement for the post-processing of the extracted PBMCs. This study is a direct continuation of our previous work1 where we demonstrated combined on-disk detection of C-reactive protein and quantification of PBMCs following on-disk extraction of plasma and PBMCs from a single blood sample using a centrifugo-pneumatic valving mechanism. However, the former valving technique featured limited PBMC extraction efficiency. Here, integrating the novel concept along with event-triggered valving mechanism, we eliminated the occurrence of a specific microfluidic effect, which led us to increase PBMC extraction efficiency to 88%. This extraction method has the potential to be utilized for efficiently separating multiple density layers from a liquid sample in relevant biomedical applications. |
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ISSN: | 1932-1058 1932-1058 |
DOI: | 10.1063/5.0066128 |