Detection of Circulating Tumor Cells Using Microfluidics

被引:50
作者
Burinaru, Tiberiu A. [1 ]
Avram, Marioara [1 ]
Avram, Andrei [1 ]
Marculescu, Catalin [1 ]
Tincu, Bianca [1 ]
Tucureanu, Vasilica [1 ]
Matei, Alina [1 ]
Militaru, Manuella [2 ]
机构
[1] IMT Bucharest, Natl Inst R&D Microtechnol, Bucharest 077190, Romania
[2] Univ Agron Sci & Vet Med, Bucharest 050097, Romania
关键词
circulating tumor cells; microfluidics; lab-on-a-chip; metastasis; epithelial-mesenchymal transition; METASTATIC-BREAST-CANCER; GUANYLYL CYCLASE-C; EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; PERIPHERAL-BLOOD; MOLECULAR-MECHANISMS; EMBEDDED MICROCHIPS; PROGNOSTIC-FACTOR; PROSTATE-CANCER; WHOLE-BLOOD; STEM-CELLS;
D O I
10.1021/acscombsci.7b00146
中图分类号
O69 [应用化学];
学科分类号
081704 ;
摘要
Metastasis is the main cause of death in cancer patients worldwide. During metastasis, cancer cells detach from the primary tumor and invade distant tissue. The cells that undergo this process are called circulating tumor cells (CTCs). Studies show that the number of CTCs in the peripheral blood can predict progression-free survival and overall survival and can be informative concerning the efficacy of treatment. Research is now concentrated on developing devices that can detect CTCs in the blood of cancer patients with improved sensitivity and specificity that can lead to improved clinical evaluation. This review focuses on devices that detect and capture CTCs using different cell properties (surface markers, size, deformability, electrical properties, etc.). We also discuss the process of tumor cell dissemination, the biology of CTCs, epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), and several challenges and clinical applications of CTC detection.
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页数:20
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