Capture of circulating tumor cells from whole blood of prostate cancer patients using geometrically enhanced differential immunocapture (GEDI) and a prostate-specific antibody

Lab Chip. 2010 Jan 7;10(1):27-9. doi: 10.1039/b917959c. Epub 2009 Nov 16.

Abstract

Geometrically enhanced differential immunocapture (GEDI) and an antibody for prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) are used for high-efficiency and high-purity capture of prostate circulating tumor cells from peripheral whole blood samples of castrate-resistant prostate cancer patients.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Antibodies, Immobilized / immunology*
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / immunology
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Humans
  • Immunoassay / instrumentation
  • Immunoassay / methods*
  • Male
  • Microfluidic Analytical Techniques / instrumentation
  • Microfluidic Analytical Techniques / methods*
  • Microscopy, Fluorescence
  • Neoplastic Cells, Circulating* / immunology
  • Neoplastic Cells, Circulating* / pathology
  • Prostate-Specific Antigen / immunology*
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / blood*
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / pathology
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Sensitivity and Specificity

Substances

  • Antibodies, Immobilized
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Prostate-Specific Antigen