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ArticleScientific reports2017

Label-free characterization of ultra violet-radiation-induced changes in skin fibroblasts with Raman spectroscopy and quantitative phase microscopy.

S P Singh, Sungsam Kang, Jeon Woong Kang, Peter T C So, Ramanchandra Rao Dasari, Zahid Yaqoob, Ishan Barman

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

S P SinghLaser Biomedical Research Center, G. R. Harrison Spectroscopy Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02139, USA. spsingh@mit.edu.
Sungsam KangLaser Biomedical Research Center, G. R. Harrison Spectroscopy Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02139, USA.
Jeon Woong KangLaser Biomedical Research Center, G. R. Harrison Spectroscopy Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02139, USA.
Peter T C SoLaser Biomedical Research Center, G. R. Harrison Spectroscopy Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02139, USA.
Ramanchandra Rao DasariLaser Biomedical Research Center, G. R. Harrison Spectroscopy Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02139, USA.
Zahid YaqoobLaser Biomedical Research Center, G. R. Harrison Spectroscopy Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02139, USA.
Ishan BarmanDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, 21218, USA. ibarman@jhu.edu.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · USJohns Hopkins University · US

Funding

Wide-Field Short-Wave Infrared (SWIR) multiphoton (MP) tissue imagingP41EB015871 · NIBIB · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI SO, PETER T. · 2012 to 2021
$11.3M
Analytical determination of biomarkers for diagnosis of breast cancer metastatic progressionR01CA207208 · NCI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI RAMAN, VENU · 2016 to 2020
$1.8M
Characterizing mechanisms of sickle cell crisis via dynamic optical assayR01HL121386 · NHLBI · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI SO, PETER T. · 2014 to 2016
$1.7M
Next generation high-throughput random access imaging, in vivoU01NS090438 · NINDS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI NEDIVI, ELLY, SO, PETER T. · 2014 to 2016
$1.4M
New technologies for in vivo spectral resolved high speed multiphoton microscopsyR21NS091982 · NINDS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI NEDIVI, ELLY, SO, PETER T. · 2015 to 2016
$429k
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA207208NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL121386NIBIB NIH HHS P41 EB015871NINDS NIH HHS R21 NS091982NINDS NIH HHS U01 NS090438
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Minimizing morbidities and mortalities associated with skin cancers requires sustained research with the goal of obtaining fresh insights into disease onset and progression under specific stimuli, particularly the influence of ultraviolet rays. In the present study, label-free profiling of skin fibroblasts exposed to time-bound ultra-violet radiation has been performed using quantitative phase imaging and Raman spectroscopy. Statistically significant differences in quantifiable biophysical parameters, such as matter density and cell dry mass, were observed with phase imaging. Accurate estimation of changes in the biochemical constituents, notably nucleic acids and proteins, was demonstrated through a combination of Raman spectroscopy and multivariate analysis of spectral patterns. Overall, the findings of this study demonstrate the promise of these non-perturbative optical modalities in accurately identifying cellular phenotypes and responses to external stimuli by combining molecular and biophysical information.

Indexed as

Microscopy, Phase-ContrastSpectrum Analysis, RamanUltraviolet RaysCell LineCell SurvivalData AnalysisFibroblastsHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedSkin

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PMID28883655
PMCPMC5589874
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