The platelet adhesion cascade takes place in the presence of shear flow, a factor not accounted for in conventional (static) well-plate assays. This article reports on a platelet-aggregation assay utilizing a microfluidic well-plate format to emulate physiological shear flow conditions.
Conant, C. G., Schwartz, M. A., Nevill, T., Ionescu-Zanetti, C. Platelet Adhesion and Aggregation Under Flow using Microfluidic Flow Cells. J. Vis. Exp. (32), e1644, doi:10.3791/1644 (2009).