CO<inf>2</inf>-Free On-Stage Incubator for Live Cell Imaging of Cholangiocarcinoma Cell Migration on Microfluidic Device
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2024-10-01
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24099279
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2-s2.0-85207522263
Journal Title
Methods and Protocols
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7
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5
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SCOPUS
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Methods and Protocols Vol.7 No.5 (2024)
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Din S.U., Ounjai P., Chairoungdua A., Surareungchai W. CO<inf>2</inf>-Free On-Stage Incubator for Live Cell Imaging of Cholangiocarcinoma Cell Migration on Microfluidic Device. Methods and Protocols Vol.7 No.5 (2024). doi:10.3390/mps7050069 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/101875
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CO<inf>2</inf>-Free On-Stage Incubator for Live Cell Imaging of Cholangiocarcinoma Cell Migration on Microfluidic Device
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Abstract
Long-term live cell imaging requires sophisticated and fully automated commercial-stage incubators equipped with specified inverted microscopes to regulate temperature, CO2 content, and humidity. In this study, we present a CO2-free on-stage incubator specifically designed for use across various cell culture platforms, enabling live cell imaging applications. A simple and transparent incubator was fabricated from acrylic sheets to be easily placed on the stages of most inverted microscopes. We successfully performed live-cell imaging of cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) cells and HeLa cell dynamics in both 2D and 3D microenvironments over three days. We also analyzed directed cell migration under high serum induction within a microfluidic device. Interesting phenomena such as “whole-colony migration”, “novel type of collective cell migration” and “colony formation during cell and colony migration” are reported here for the first time, to the best of our knowledge. These phenomena may improve our understanding of the nature of cell migration and cancer metastasis.