Isolation of circulating tumor cells by dielectrophoresis

Cancers

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 545-579

  Gascoyne, Peter R C ^a   Shim, Sangjo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell dielectric properties; Cell isolation; Cell membrane; Circulating tumor cells; Dielectrophoresis; Field flow fractionation

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN P53;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD CELL; CELL DIVISION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; CELL SELECTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CIRCULATING TUMOR CELL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIELECTROPHORETIC FIELD FLOW FRACTIONATION; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROPHORESIS; FIELD FLOW FRACTIONATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; GLYCOLYSIS; HUMAN; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIPID BILAYER; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84896974988     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/cancers6010545     Document Type: Article

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