Journal: Methods (San Diego, Calif.)
Article Title: Isolation and analysis of rare cells in the blood of cancer patients using a negative depletion methodology
doi: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2013.09.006
Figure Lengend Snippet: (A) Four-color images of a cytospin stained for DAPI, CK, CD45, and VIM of (a–e) leukocytes, and (f–j) an enriched peripheral blood sample from a cancer patient. The columns (left to right) are DAPI, anti-CK-AF488, anti-CD45-AF594, anti-VIM-AF647, and a combined image of the four colors, respectively. (B) Four-color image of a cytospin stained for DAPI, CK, Vim, and N-CAD of an enriched peripheral blood sample from a cancer patient. (a) DAPI; (b) anti-CK-AF488; (c) anti-Vim-AF555; (d) anti-N-CAD-AF633 and (e) combined image of the four colors. The cells in the yellow boxes are CK+Vim+N-CAD+. Reproduced with permission from Balasubramanian et al. [15].
Article Snippet: The immunomagnetic labeling protocol involves two reagents: a CD45 tetrameric antibody complex (TAC) (Stem Cell Technologies) and dextran-coated magnetic nanoparticles (Stem Cell Technologies).
Techniques: Staining