Biomedical subjects

Seung Kyu Choi

Publications and source records attributed to Seung Kyu Choi.

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PubMed2005

Real-time measurement of the contractile forces of self-organized cardiomyocytes on hybrid biopolymer microcantilevers.

We present a microfabricated hybrid biopolymer microcantilever, in which the contractile force of self-organized cardiomyocytes can be measured and studied, as a prototype for the development of cell-driven actuators. The microcantilever is made of a flexible, transparent, biocompatible poly(dimethylsiloxane) substrate, using a simple microfabrication technique. Seeding and culturing cardiomyocytes on the specific cantilever allows us to perform highly sensitive, quantitative, and noninvasive measurement of the contractile force of the self-organized cells in real time. The motions of the microcantilever showed good agreement with an analytical solution based on Stoney's equation and finite element modeling (FEM) of the hybrid system. Immunostaining of the cells on the hybrid system showed continuous high-order coalignment of actin filaments and parallel sarcomeric organization in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the microcantilever without structural constraints, such as microgrooves or lines, and proved our FEM and the synchronous contraction of cardiomyocytes. The presented device should facilitate measurement of the contractile force of self-organized cardiomyocytes on a specific area, which may help the understanding of heart failure and the design of optimal hybrid biopolymer actuators, as well as assist development of a microscale cell-driven motor system.

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PubMed2005

An efficient cell separation system using 3D-asymmetric microelectrodes.

An efficient 3D-asymmetric microelectrode system for high-throughput was designed and fabricated to enhance sorting sensitivities to the dielectric properties-size, morphology, conductivity, and permittivity-of living cells. The principle of the present system is based on the use of the relative strengths of negative dielectrophoretic and drag forces, as in a conventional 3D-microelectrode system. Whereas the typical 3D-microelectrode system has a constant electric field magnitude due to the constant width of the microelectrodes and a fixed gap between face-to-face microelectrodes, the present 3D-asymmetric microelectrode system has electric fields of continuously varying magnitudes along the transverse direction of a channel owing to the changing widths of the electrodes in the half-circular shaped cross section of the microchannel. Thus, varying dielectric forces are generated, leading to increased sorting sensitivity through differentially induced forces to definitely distinct cell types. Numerical analysis verified the improved sensitivity of the present system for sorting living cells. The feasibility of using the newly fabricated system under experimental conditions was tested by demonstrating that a mixed population of mouse P19 embryonic carcinoma (EC) and red blood cells (RBCs) was effectively sorted to different wells depending on their respective relative physical properties.

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PubMed2005

Nucleoside-based phospholipids and their liposomes formed in water.

Phospholipids and liposomes have been the subjects of considerable attention because of their importance in biological systems. We have efficiently synthesized novel nucleoside-based phospholipids in six-step sequences starting from their corresponding nucleosides. These nucleoside-based phospholipids self-assemble into liposome-like structures in aqueous solutions. We have analyzed the structures of these liposomes by dynamic light scattering, transmission electron microscopy, and confocal microscopy.

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