“…For fabricating transplantable tissues in vitro, effective cell separation methods that can provide an adequate purity, yield, and function after separation have been desired, because the purity of cells or individual cell contents in cocultured cells is important for fabricating functional tissues. , To date, the various types of cell separation methods have been developed such as field-flow fractionation (FFF), , affinity adsorption, , and flow sorting. , Especially, fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) and magnetic cell sorting (MACS) are widely used as precise cell separation methods. − However, these cell separation methods require the modification of cell surfaces with fluorescent antibody or magnetic particles, leading to a serious problem upon the transplantation of separated cells to human body. Therefore, a cell separation method that requires no modification on the surface of cell is preferable for using separated cells for transplantation.…”