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ArticleEPJ techniques and instrumentation

Applications of Raman micro-spectroscopy to stem cell technology: label-free molecular discrimination and monitoring cell differentiation.

Adrian Ghita, Flavius C Pascut, Virginie Sottile, Chris Denning, Ioan Notingher

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Article in EPJ techniques and instrumentation. 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
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Raman Spectroscopy for Chemical Biology Research.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2022
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  12. Data mining in Raman imaging in a cellular biological system.Computational and structural biotechnology journal · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Adrian GhitaSchool of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD UK.
Flavius C PascutSchool of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD UK.
Virginie SottileSchool of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD UK.
Chris DenningSchool of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD UK.
Ioan NotingherSchool of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD UK.
University of Nottingham · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/G010285/1Medical Research Council G0601750
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Stem cell therapy is widely acknowledged as a key medical technology of the 21st century which may provide treatments for many currently incurable diseases. These cells have an enormous potential for cell replacement therapies to cure diseases such as Parkinson's disease, diabetes and cardiovascular disorders, as well as in tissue engineering as a reliable cell source for providing grafts to replace and repair diseased tissues. Nevertheless, the progress in this field has been difficult in part because of lack of techniques that can measure non-invasively the molecular properties of cells. Such repeated measurements can be used to evaluate the culture conditions during differentiation, cell quality and phenotype heterogeneity of stem cell progeny. Raman spectroscopy is an optical technique based on inelastic scattering of laser photons by molecular vibrations of cellular molecules and can be used to provide chemical fingerprints of cells or organelles without fixation, lysis or use of labels and other contrast enhancing chemicals. Because differentiated cells are specialized to perform specific functions, these cells produce specific biochemicals that can be detected by Raman micro-spectroscopy. This mini-review paper describes applications of Raman micro-scpectroscopy to measure moleculare properties of stem cells during differentiation in-vitro. The paper focuses on time- and spatially-resolved Raman spectral measurements that allow repeated investigation of live stem cells in-vitro.

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PMID26161299
PMCPMC4486413
OpenAlexW2157367129

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