Freely Suspended Cellular "Backpacks" Lead to Cell Aggregate Self-Assembly

Cellular "backpacks" are a new type of anisotropic, nanoscale thickness microparticle that may be attached to the surface of living cells creating a "bio-hybrid" material. Previous work has shown that these backpacks do not impair cell viability or native functions such as migrat...

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Main Authors: Irvine, Darrell J. (Contributor), Cohen, Robert E. (Contributor), Rubner, Michael F. (Contributor), Gilbert, Jonathan Brian (Contributor), Swiston, Albert J., Jr (Contributor)
Other Authors: MIT Materials Research Laboratory (Contributor), Lincoln Laboratory (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemical Engineering (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Chemical Society (ACS), 2012-09-27T20:42:01Z.
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520 |a Cellular "backpacks" are a new type of anisotropic, nanoscale thickness microparticle that may be attached to the surface of living cells creating a "bio-hybrid" material. Previous work has shown that these backpacks do not impair cell viability or native functions such as migration in a B and T cell line, respectively. In the current work, we show that backpacks, when added to a cell suspension, assemble cells into aggregates of reproducible size. We investigate the efficiency of backpack−cell binding using flow cytometry and laser diffraction, examine the influence of backpack diameter on aggregate size, and show that even when cell−backpack complexes are forced through small pores, backpacks are not removed from the surfaces of cells. 
520 |a National Science Foundation (U.S.). Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers (Program) (Award DMR-08-19762) 
520 |a National Science Foundation (U.S.) (Graduate Research Fellowship) 
520 |a United States. Dept. of Defense 
520 |a United States. Air Force Office of Scientific Research 
520 |a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (Investigator) 
520 |a United States. Dept. of Defense (National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship 32 CFR 168a) 
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