Evidence map›Paper›PMID 27647345›Full record

ArticleScientific reports2016

Multi-Phenotypic subtyping of circulating tumor cells using sequential fluorescent quenching and restaining.

Daniel L Adams, R Katherine Alpaugh, Susan Tsai, Cha-Mei Tang, Steingrimur Stefansson

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Scientific reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
35citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Trial
  2. Trial
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Single-cell spatial proteomics.Histology and histopathology · 2025
    Review
  6. Single-Cell RNA Sequencing of Ewing Sarcoma Tumors Demonstrates Transcriptional Heterogeneity and Clonal Evolution.Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2025
    Article
  7. Review
  8. Review
  9. Article
  10. Article
  11. Article
  12. Article
  13. Article
  14. Article
  15. Article
  16. Article
  17. Article
  18. Review
  19. Article
  20. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Daniel L AdamsCreatv MicroTech, Inc., 1 Deer Park Dr. Monmouth Junction, NJ 08850, USA.
R Katherine AlpaughFox Chase Cancer Center, Protocol Support Laboratory, 333 Cottman Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA.
Susan TsaiThe Medical College of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA.
Cha-Mei TangCreatv MicroTech, Inc. 9900 Belward Campus Dr., Rockville, MD 20850, USA.
Steingrimur StefanssonHeMemics Biotechnologies Inc., 12111 Parklawn Drive Rockville, MD 20852, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In tissue biopsies formalin fixed paraffin embedded cancer blocks are micro-sectioned producing multiple semi-identical specimens which are analyzed and subtyped proteomically, and genomically, with numerous biomarkers. In blood based biopsies (BBBs), blood is purified for circulating tumor cells (CTCs) and clinical utility is typically limited to cell enumeration, as only 2-3 positive fluorescent markers and 1 negative marker can be used. As such, increasing the number of subtyping biomarkers on each individual CTC could dramatically enhance the clinical utility of BBBs, allowing in depth interrogation of clinically relevant CTCs. We describe a simple and inexpensive method for quenching the specific fluors of fluorescently stained CTCs followed by sequential restaining with additional biomarkers. As proof of principle a CTC panel, immunosuppression panel and stem cell panel were used to sequentially subtype individual fluorescently stained patient CTCs, suggesting a simple and universal technique to analyze multiple clinically applicable immunomarkers from BBBs.

Indexed as

Staining and LabelingCell Line, TumorDrug Evaluation, PreclinicalEpithelial-Mesenchymal TransitionFluorescenceHumansNeoplastic Cells, Circulating

Identifiers

PMID27647345
PMCPMC5028835

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.