Three-dimensional cell manipulator by means of optical trapping for the specification of cell-to-cell adhesion

Hideo Tashiro; Masayuki Uchida; Mika Sato-Maeda

doi:10.1117/12.147714

1 November 1993 Three-dimensional cell manipulator by means of optical trapping for the specification of cell-to-cell adhesion

Hideo Tashiro, Masayuki Uchida, Mika Sato-Maeda

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 32, Issue 11, (November 1993). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.147714

Abstract

A cell manipulator capable of (1) trapping single living cells, (2) making a direct binary contact from a chosen direction, and (3) judging the formation of cell-to-cell adhesion is produced by means of optical trapping in combination with a fixed micropipette. The specificity of the cell adhesive capability is tested with isolated hydra cells, demonstrating a clear difference in adhesive properties between ectodermal and endodermal epithelial cells

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Hideo Tashiro, Masayuki Uchida, and Mika Sato-Maeda "Three-dimensional cell manipulator by means of optical trapping for the specification of cell-to-cell adhesion," Optical Engineering 32(11), (1 November 1993). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.147714

Published: 1 November 1993

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