BME 695N Lecture 6: Rare-event targeting of cells in-vitro and in-vivo
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- Assessing nanomedical system (NMS) targeting at the single cell level
- Fluorescent labeling of NMSs
- First estimates of NMS binding by fluorescence microscopy
- Internal of external binding by confocal microscopy
- Single-cell image/confocal analysis
- Flow cytometric quantitation of NMS binding to specific cell types
- Image confocal analysis of NMS binding to single cells
- Ability to scan/locate cells of interest
- Photobleaching challenges
- Optical sectioning for 3D location of NMSs on/within cells
- A quick overview of flow cytometry
- Basic principles
- Capabilities and limitations
- Use for assessing specificity and sensitivity
- Rare-event analysis of NMS targeting to desired cells
- Basic concepts of rare-event analysis
- Strategies for rare cell detection
- More advanced flow cytometry for ultra-rare cell detection
- Examples of rare cell detection
- Rare cell sampling statistics
References
- Leary, J.F.: "Strategies for Rare Cell Detection and Isolation" In: Methods in Cell Biology: Flow Cytometry (Edited by Z. Darzynkiewicz, J.P. Robinson, H.A. Crissman), vol. 42: pp. 331-358, 1994.
- Leary, J.F. "Ultra High Speed Cell Sorting" Cytometry Part A 67A:76–85 (2005)
- Rosenblatt, J.A., Hokanson, J.A., McLaughlin, S.R., Leary, J.F.: A Theoretical Basis for Sampling Statistics Appropriate for the Detection and Isolation of Rare Cells Using Flow Cytometry and Cell Sorting Cytometry 26: 1-6; 1997
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