Figure 3.
Separation of tumor cells by microfluidic chips. (A) WBCs and Hela cells number after density gradient centrifugation, n=13. Data are presented as the median with interquartile range. (B) The recovered number of WBCs from samples with different WBCs densities, n=15. (C) Recovery rate of SK-BR-3 tumor cell from samples with different WBCs densities, n=15. (D) Recovery rate of different tumor cell lines in trapezoid microfluidics chip, n=15. (E) Recovery purity of different tumor cell lines in trapezoid microfluidics chip, n=15. (F) Comparison of recovery purity of Hela cell in different tumor cell densities between trapezoid (blue bar) and rectangle (orange bar) microfluidics chips, n=15. (G) Comparison of recovery rate in different tumor cell densities between trapezoid (blue bar) and rectangle (orange bar) microfluidics chips, n=15. Data are presented as the mean ± SD, error bars indicate s.e.m. NS, not significant; *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001 by two-tailed Student t-test.