Physical Cytometry: Detecting Mass-Related Properties of Single Cells.
ACS Sens
; 7(1): 21-36, 2022 01 28.
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ABSTRACT
The physical properties of a single cell, such as mass, volume, and density, are important indications of the cell's metabolic characteristics and homeostasis. Precise measurement of a single cell's mass has long been a challenge due to its minute size. It is only in the past 10 years that a variety of instruments for measuring living cellular mass have emerged with the development of MEMS, microfluidics, and optics technologies. In this review, we discuss the current developments of physical cytometry for quantifying mass-related physical properties of single cells, highlighting the working principle, applications, and unique merits. The review mainly covers these measurement methods:
single-cell mass cytometry, levitation image cytometry, suspended microchannel resonator, phase-shifting interferometry, and opto-electrokinetics cell manipulation. Comparisons are made between these methods in terms of throughput, content, invasiveness, compatibility, and precision. Some typical applications of these methods in pathological diagnosis, drug efficacy evaluation, disease treatment, and other related fields are also discussed in this work.Palavras-chave
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Microfluídica
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