Microfluidic perfusion culture is a novel technique to culture animal cells in a small-scale microchamber with medium perfusion. Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) is the most popular material to fabricate a microfluidic perfusion culture chip. Photolithography and replica molding techniques are generally used for fabrication of a microfluidic perfusion culture chip. Pressure-driven perfusion culture system is convenient technique to carry out the perfusion culture of animal cells in a microfluidic device. Here, we describe a general theory on microfluid network design, microfabrication technique, and experimental technique for pressure-driven perfusion culture in an 8 × 8 microchamber array on a glass slide-sized microchip made out of PDMS. © 2014 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.
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Hattori, K., Sugiura, S., & Kanamori, T. (2014). Microfluidic perfusion culture. Methods in Molecular Biology, 1104, 251–263. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-62703-733-4_17
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