Circulating tumor cells : isolation and analysis /
Introduces the reader to Circulating Tumor Cells (CTCs), their isolation method and analysis, and commercially available platforms -Presents the historical perspective and the overview of the field of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) -Discusses the state-of-art methods for CTC isolation, ranging from...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Hoboken, New Jersey :
Wiley,
[2016]
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| Series: | Chemical analysis ;
v. 184. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Title Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; List of Contributors; Foreword; References; Preface; Part I: Introduction; Chapter 1: Circulating Tumor Cells and Historic Perspectives; 1.1 Early Studies on Cancer Dormancy Led to the Development of a Sensitive Assay for CTCs (1970-1998); 1.2 Modern Era for Counting CTCs: 1998-2007; 1.3 Proof of Malignancy of CTCs; 1.4 New Experiments Involving CTCs; 1.5 Clinical Cancer Dormancy; 1.6 Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2 (HER2) Gene Amplification can be Acquired as Breast Cancer Progresses; 1.7 uPAR and HER2 Co-amplification.
- 1.8 Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition (EMT)1.9 New Instruments to Capture CTCs; 1.10 Genotypic Analyses; 1.11 Conclusions; References; Chapter 2: Introduction to Microfluidics; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Scaling Law; 2.3 Device Fabrication; 2.4 Functional Components in Microfluidic Devices; 2.5 Concluding Remarks; References; Part II: Isolation Methods; Chapter 3: Ensemble-decision Aliquot Ranking (eDAR) for CTC Isolation and Analysis; 3.1 Overview of eDAR; 3.2 Individual Components and Analytical Performance of eDAR; 3.3 Application and Downstream Analyses of eDAR; 3.4 Conclusion and Perspective.
- Chapter 6: Morphological Characteristics of CTCs and the Potential for Deformability-Based Separation6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Limitations of Antibody-based CTC Separation Methods; 6.3 Morphological and Biophysical Differences Between CTCs and Hematological Cells; 6.4 Historical and Recent Methods in CTC Separation Based on Biophysical Properties; 6.5 Microfluidic Ratchet for Deformability-Based Separation of CTCs; 6.6 Resettable Cell Trap for Deformability-based Separation of CTCs; 6.7 Summary; References.