| Literature DB >> 21671557 |
Chia-Hung Chen1, Aniruddh Sarkar, Yong-Ak Song, Miles A Miller, Sung Jae Kim, Linda G Griffith, Douglas A Lauffenburger, Jongyoon Han.
Abstract
We introduce an integrated microfluidic device consisting of a biomolecule concentrator and a microdroplet generator, which enhances the limited sensitivity of low-abundance enzyme assays by concentrating biomolecules before encapsulating them into droplet microreactors. We used this platform to detect ultralow levels of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) from diluted cellular supernatant and showed that it significantly (~10-fold) reduced the time required to complete the assay and the sample volume used.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21671557 PMCID: PMC3165005 DOI: 10.1021/ja2036628
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Am Chem Soc ISSN: 0002-7863 Impact factor: 15.419