In Situ Electrochemical ELISA for Specific Identification of Captured Cancer Cells

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• 作者：Tina Saberi Safaei ; Reza M. Mohamadi ; Edward H. Sargent ; Shana O. Kelley
• 刊名：ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：July 8, 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：7
• 期：26
• 页码：14165-14169
• 全文大小：301K
• ISSN：1944-8252

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Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are cancer cells disseminated from a tumor into the bloodstream. Their presence in patient blood samples has been associated with metastatic disease. Here, we report a simple system that enables the isolation and detection of these rare cancer cells. By developing a sensitive electrochemical ELISA method integrated within a microfluidic cell capture system, were we able to reliably detect very low levels of cancer cells in whole blood. Our results indicate that the new system provides the clinically relevant specificity and sensitivity needed for a convenient, point-of-need assay for cancer cell counting.