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Optimizing Water Transport – Shear Flow
– Microchannel for controlled shear stress on apical surface
– Corning Snapwell membrane for cell support and transport pathway – Access to basal surface of cells for sampling
Optimizing Water Transport – Shear Flow
Water Transport (LL-PCK1)
20 40 60 80 100 120 140 0.02 0.2 0.5 2
Transport in uL/cm2/day Shear Flow in Dyne/cm2
HRTC on Under Shear Flow
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- Human renal tubule cells (HRTCs)
– reliable isolation and expansion protocols – 1 gm of biopsy tissue (108-10 cells) for 17 doublings
- Successful cryopreservation and functional longevity
– 4+ months in liquid nitrogen – 6+ month cell viability in perfusion circuit 4-month Cell Viability
Cell Growth
The Renal Filter Unit: the Nephron
Proximal Tubule Loop of Henle Distal Tubule Collecting Duct Glomerulus Glomerular Filtration ~500,000-1,000,000 per kidney Generate ~150L of filtrate per day