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ArticleAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2026

Single-Target Pairing System (StarPair) for Large-Scale Interrogation of Cell-Cell Interactions.

Tianjiao Mao, Lang Nan, Miao Xu, Kehao Zeng, Yuchao Wang, Ziyu Han, Ho Cheung Shum

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Article in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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7 authors.

Tianjiao MaoDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong SAR, 000000, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7837-0648
Lang NanSchool of Instrument Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xianning West Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710049, China.
Miao XuDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong SAR, 000000, China.
Kehao ZengDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong SAR, 000000, China.
Yuchao WangDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong SAR, 000000, China.
Ziyu HanAdvanced Biomedical Instrumentation Centre, Hong Kong Science Park, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR, 000000, China.
Ho Cheung ShumDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong SAR, 000000, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6365-8825

Funding

Collaborative Research Fund, Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong C7165-20GFGeneral Research Fund from Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong 17303123RGC Senior Research Fellow Scheme SRFS2425-7S04
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Coordination of cell populations through intercellular interactions is essential to the formation and function of living organisms. However, technologies enabling systematic dissection of cell-cell communications or manipulation of cell-cell interactions at the single-cell resolution remain largely out of reach. To solve this, a single-target pairing system, termed StarPair, is proposed, for the high-throughput and high-precision combination of desired single targets in droplets. How target buoyancy, target concentration, sorting parameters, droplet flow rates, and electric stimulation collectively determine the single-target pairing performance is comprehensively explored. Upon optimization of these parameters, pairing efficiencies over 95% can be achieved with an operation frequency reaching one million single-target pairs per 9.5 h for two-target assembly. Leveraging StarPair, the immune cell-cancer cell interactions are assessed between 4 × 10

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Cell CommunicationSingle-Cell AnalysisHumanscell–cell interactionsdropletsfunctional immune cell screeningsingle‐target pairing

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PMID41387244
PMCPMC12931200

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