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ArticleeLife2018

Detection of human disease conditions by single-cell morpho-rheological phenotyping of blood.

Nicole Toepfner, Christoph Herold, Oliver Otto, Philipp Rosendahl, Angela Jacobi, Martin Kräter, Julia Stächele, Leonhard Menschner, Maik Herbig, Laura Ciuffreda and 13 more

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Article in eLife, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 72 papers.

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72citing papers in PubMed
13.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

72 citing papers in PubMed, 160 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

23 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Nicole ToepfnerCenter of Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering, Biotechnology Center, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
Christoph HeroldCenter of Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering, Biotechnology Center, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
Oliver OttoCenter of Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering, Biotechnology Center, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
Philipp RosendahlCenter of Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering, Biotechnology Center, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9545-5045
Angela JacobiCenter of Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering, Biotechnology Center, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
Martin KräterDepartment of Hematology and Oncology, University Clinic Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7122-7331
Julia StächeleDepartment of Pediatrics, University Clinic Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
Leonhard MenschnerDepartment of Pediatrics, University Clinic Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
Maik HerbigCenter of Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering, Biotechnology Center, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
Laura CiuffredaInstitute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
Lisa Ranford-CartwrightInstitute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
Michal GrzybekPaul Langerhans Institute Dresden of the Helmholtz Centre Munich, University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
Ünal CoskunPaul Langerhans Institute Dresden of the Helmholtz Centre Munich, University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4375-3144
Elisabeth ReithuberDepartment of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Geneviève GarrissDepartment of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5361-0975
Peter MellrothDepartment of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Birgitta Henriques-NormarkDepartment of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Nicola TregayDepartment of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Meinolf SuttorpDepartment of Pediatrics, University Clinic Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
Martin BornhäuserDepartment of Hematology and Oncology, University Clinic Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
Edwin R ChilversDepartment of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4230-9677
Reinhard BernerDepartment of Pediatrics, University Clinic Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
Jochen GuckCenter of Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering, Biotechnology Center, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1453-6119
Technische Universität Dresden · DEUniversity Hospital Carl Gustav Carus · DEKarolinska University Hospital · SEUniversity of Cambridge · GBDeutsches Diabetes-Zentrum e.V. · DEUniversity of Glasgow · GB

Funding

Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung Alexander von Humboldt ProfessorshipBundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD e.V.)Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft TRR83 and SFB655European Research Council 282060GlaxoSmithKline Non-commercial grantNational Institute for Health Research Cambridge Biomedical Research CentreSächsisches Staatsministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst TG70 AZ 4-7531.60/29/45Seventh Framework Programme ERC Starting Grant #282060Seventh Framework Programme ITNSonnenstrahl e.V. Dresden Non-commercial grantTechnische Universität Dresden Support the Best ProgramTour der Hoffnung Non-commercial grantZentrum für Regenerative Therapien Dresden Seed grant FZ 111
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Blood is arguably the most important bodily fluid and its analysis provides crucial health status information. A first routine measure to narrow down diagnosis in clinical practice is the differential blood count, determining the frequency of all major blood cells. What is lacking to advance initial blood diagnostics is an unbiased and quick functional assessment of blood that can narrow down the diagnosis and generate specific hypotheses. To address this need, we introduce the continuous, cell-by-cell morpho-rheological (MORE) analysis of diluted whole blood, without labeling, enrichment or separation, at rates of 1000 cells/sec. In a drop of blood we can identify all major blood cells and characterize their pathological changes in several disease conditions in vitro and in patient samples. This approach takes previous results of mechanical studies on specifically isolated blood cells to the level of application directly in blood and adds a functional dimension to conventional blood analysis.

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Blood CellsCytological TechniquesDiagnostic Tests, RoutineHumansSingle-Cell Analysisbiophysicscell mechanicshumanhuman biologyleukemiamalariamedicineneutrophil activationP. falciparumreal-time deformability cytometryspherocytosisstructural biology

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PMID29331015
PMCPMC5790376
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