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ArticleSmall (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)2015

Single-cell detection of mRNA expression using nanofountain-probe electroporated molecular beacons.

Juan P Giraldo-Vela, Wonmo Kang, Rebecca L McNaughton, Xuemei Zhang, Brian M Wile, Andrew Tsourkas, Gang Bao, Horacio D Espinosa

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Article in Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany), 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Microfluidic Electroporation: Recent Advances and Applications.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2026
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  5. Microfluidic and Nanofluidic Intracellular Delivery.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2021
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  7. Nanoneedle-Based Materials for Intracellular Studies.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2021
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  11. A Review on Electroporation-Based Intracellular Delivery.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2018
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  15. Magnetic Field-Activated Sensing of mRNA in Living Cells.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2017
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Juan P Giraldo-VelaiNfinitesimal LLC, Skokie, IL, 60077, USA.
Wonmo KangiNfinitesimal LLC, Skokie, IL, 60077, USA.
Rebecca L McNaughtoniNfinitesimal LLC, Skokie, IL, 60077, USA.
Xuemei ZhangDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Brian M WileDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA.
Andrew TsourkasDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Gang BaoDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA.
Horacio D EspinosaiNfinitesimal LLC, Skokie, IL, 60077, USA.
Infinitesimal (United States) · USGeorgia Institute of Technology · USUniversity of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

Nanomedicine Center for Nucleoprotein MachinesPN2EY018244 · NEI · RICE UNIVERSITY · PI BAO, GANG · 2006 to 2015
$24.4M
A Force-controlled Probe Based Platform for Single-Cell Biomolecular DeliveryR44GM101833 · NIGMS · INFINITESIMAL, LLC · PI LEMAITRE, VINCENT · 2015 to 2016
$1000k
A Force-controlled Probe Based Platform for Single Cell Biomolecular DeliveryR41GM101833 · NIGMS · INFINITESIMAL, LLC · PI ESPINOSA, HORACIO · 2012 to 2012
$100k
NEI NIH HHS PN2 EY018244NEI NIH HHS PN2EY018244NIGMS NIH HHS 1R41GM101833-01NIGMS NIH HHS R41 GM101833NIGMS NIH HHS R44 GM101833
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

New techniques for single-cell analysis enable new discoveries in gene expression and systems biology. Time-dependent measurements on individual cells are necessary, yet the common single-cell analysis techniques used today require lysing the cell, suspending the cell, or long incubation times for transfection, thereby interfering with the ability to track an individual cell over time. Here a method for detecting mRNA expression in live single cells using molecular beacons that are transfected into single cells by means of nanofountain probe electroporation (NFP-E) is presented. Molecular beacons are oligonucleotides that emit fluorescence upon binding to an mRNA target, rendering them useful for spatial and temporal studies of live cells. The NFP-E is used to transfect a DNA-based beacon that detects glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase and an RNA-based beacon that detects a sequence cloned in the green fluorescence protein mRNA. It is shown that imaging analysis of transfection and mRNA detection can be performed within seconds after electroporation and without disturbing adhered cells. In addition, it is shown that time-dependent detection of mRNA expression is feasible by transfecting the same single cell at different time points. This technique will be particularly useful for studies of cell differentiation, where several measurements of mRNA expression are required over time.

Indexed as

Gene Expression RegulationElectroporationHeLa CellsHumansMolecular ProbesNanoparticlesRNA, MessengerSingle-Cell AnalysisTime FactorsTransfectionMolecular ProbesRNA, Messengerelectroporationmolecular beaconsmRNA detectionsnanofountain probessingle cells

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PMID25641752
PMCPMC6016387
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