A Novel Strategy for Detection and Enumeration of Circulating Rare Cell Populations in Metastatic Cancer Patients Using Automated Microfluidic Filtration and Multiplex Immunoassay - Magbanua, Mark Jesus M.; Pugia, Michael; Lee, Jin Sun; Jabon, Marc; Wang, Victoria; Gubens, Matthew; Marfurt, Karen; Pence, Julia; Sidhu, Harwinder; Uzgiris, Arejas; Rugo, Hope S.; Park, John W. (PloS one, 2015)
Keywords: Antigens; Automatic control; Biomarkers, Tumor - genetics; Biomarkers, Tumor - metabolism; Blood; Blood circulation; Breast cancer; Breast Neoplasms - diagnosis; Breast Neoplasms - genetics; Breast Neoplasms - metabolism; Breast Neoplasms - pathology; Cancer; Case-Control Studies; Cell Count - instrumentation; Cell Count - methods; Endothelial cells; Endothelial Cells - metabolism; Endothelial Cells - pathology; Enumeration; Feasibility studies; Female; Filtration; Gene Expression; Gynecology; Hematology; Humans; Immunoassay; Immunoassay - methods; Life assessment; Lung cancer; Lung diseases; Lung Neoplasms - diagnosis; Lung Neoplasms - genetics; Lung Neoplasms - metabolism; Lung Neoplasms - pathology; Male; Medical research; Medical treatment; Mesenchymal Stromal Cells - metabolism; Mesenchymal Stromal Cells - pathology; Mesenchyme; Metastases; Metastasis; Microfluidic Analytical Techniques - instrumentation; Microfluidics; Multiplexing; Neoplasm Metastasis; Neoplasm Proteins - genetics; Neoplasm Proteins - metabolism; Neoplastic Cells, Circulating - metabolism; Neoplastic Cells, Circulating - pathology; Neoplastic Stem Cells - metabolism; Neoplastic Stem Cells - pathology; Oncology; Patients; Populations; Pore size; Reproducibility; Reproducibility of Results; Stem cells; Tumor cells; United States--US; San Francisco California; California