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On-chip light sheet illumination enables diagnostic size and concentration measurements of membrane vesicles in biofluids

Deschout, Hendrik
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Raemdonck, Koen
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Stremersch, Stephan
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2014
Nanoscale

Cell-derived membrane vesicles that are released in biofluids, like blood or saliva, are emerging as potential non-invasive biomarkers for diseases, such as cancer. Techniques capable of measuring the size and concentration of membrane vesicles directly in biofluids are urgently needed. Fluorescence single particle tracking microscopy has the potential of doing exactly that by labelling the membrane vesicles with a fluorescent label and analysing their Brownian motion in the biofluid. However, an unbound dye in the biofluid can cause high background intensity that strongly biases the fluorescence single particle tracking size and concentration measurements. While such background intensity can be avoided with light sheet illumination, current set-ups require specialty sample holders that are not compatible with high-throughput diagnostics. Here, a microfluidic chip with integrated light sheet illumination is reported, and accurate fluorescence single particle tracking size and concentration measurements of membrane vesicles in cell culture medium and in interstitial fluid collected from primary human breast tumours are demonstrated.

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research article
DOI
10.1039/c3nr04432g
Web of Science ID

WOS:000330041400067

Author(s)
Deschout, Hendrik
Raemdonck, Koen
Stremersch, Stephan
Maoddi, Pietro  
Mernier, Guillaume  
Renaud, Philippe  
Jiguet, Sébastien  
Hendrix, An
Bracke, Marc
Van Den Broecke, Rudy
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Date Issued

2014

Publisher

Royal Soc Chemistry

Published in
Nanoscale
Volume

6

Issue

3

Start page

1741

End page

1747

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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EPFL

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LMIS4  
Available on Infoscience
February 18, 2014
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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/100955
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