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ArticleScience advances2026

Precision acoustofluidics for high-throughput mechanobiology in suspension cells.

Kaichun Yang, Ruoyu Zhong, Ke Li, John Mai, Pengzhan Liu, Ye He, Joseph Rich, Ying Chen, Janna Wang, Zhiteng Ma and 3 more

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Article in Science advances, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Acoustofluidic Biosensors.Micromachines · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Kaichun YangThomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA.ORCID 0009-0003-6666-4619
Ruoyu ZhongThomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0433-0923
Ke LiThomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0243-1811
John MaiAlfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8001-9120
Pengzhan LiuThomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4238-4703
Ye HeThomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7363-1063
Joseph RichDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6249-2093
Ying ChenThomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA.ORCID 0009-0000-4812-7658
Janna WangThomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA.ORCID 0009-0002-5819-3696
Zhiteng MaThomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4385-4247
Xianchen XuThomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9784-0019
Qian WuThomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4252-1109
Tony Jun HuangThomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1205-3313

Funding

Automated High-purity Exosome isolation-based AD diagnostics system (AHEADx)R01AG084098 · NIA · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI Tony Jun Huang · 2023 to 2026
$3.1M
Development of a digital acoustofluidic system for automating liquid handling in biomedical researchR01GM141055 · NIGMS · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI HUANG, TONY JUN · 2021 to 2024
$1.9M
Harmonic Acoustics for Neighboring cell Dynamic studies(HANDs)R01GM145960 · NIGMS · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI LEE, LUKE P. · 2022 to 2025
$1.8M
Development of a multifunctional, acoustofluidic 3D bioprinter with single-cell resolutionR01GM144417 · NIGMS · VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INST AND ST UNIV · PI Zhenhua Tian · 2022 to 2026
$1.8M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG084098NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM141055NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM144417NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM145960
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mechanomodulation, the process of altering cellular behavior through applied mechanical forces, plays a critical role in physiological processes and has substantial implications for cancer therapy, immunology, and drug development. However, precise and efficient stimulation of nonadherent cells remains a major challenge, limiting the investigation of mechanotransduction pathways and the development of targeted therapeutics. Here, we developed an acoustofluidic platform named Suspension-cell Targeted Response to Excitation via Acoustofluidic Mechanomodulation (STREAM) to enable precise, high-throughput stimulation of suspension cells. STREAM accomplishes this using 101.14-megahertz high-frequency surface acoustic waves to deliver controlled mechanical stimulation at a throughput of 500,000 cells per minute. STREAM modulates intracellular calcium ion (Ca

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AcousticsHigh-Throughput Screening AssaysMechanotransduction, CellularApoptosisCalciumCalcium SignalingHumansK562 CellsCalcium

Identifiers

PMID41481702
PMCPMC12758522

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