title: Micropillar array chip for integrated white blood cell isolation and PCR.
abstract: We report the fabrication of silicon chips containing a row of 667 pillars, 10 by 20 microm in cross-section, etched to a depth of 80 microm with adjacent pillars being separated by 3.5 microm. The chips were used to separate white blood cells from whole blood in less than 2 min and for subsequent PCR of a genomic target (eNOS). Chip fluid dynamics were validated experimentally using CoventorWare microfluidic simulation software. The amplicon concentrations were determined using microchip capillary electrophoresis and were >40% of that observed in conventional PCR tubes for chips with and without pillars. Reproducible on-chip PCR was achieved using white blood cell preparations isolated from whole human blood pumped through the chip.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
authors.forename: Nicholas J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Panaro
authors.forename: Xing Jian
authors.initials: XJ
authors.lastname: Lou
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fortina
authors.forename: Larry J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Kricka
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wilding
mesh_terms: D002469:Cell Separation / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D005434:Flow Cytometry / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000166:cytology*; D046210:Microfluidic Analytical Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity