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ArticleCytometry. Part A : the journal of the International Society for Analytical Cytology2018

Automation of the in vitro micronucleus assay using the Imagestream

Matthew A Rodrigues

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Article in Cytometry. Part A : the journal of the International Society for Analytical Cytology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 21% 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

19 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. The Fate of Micronuclei.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2025
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  5. Identification and characterization of planarian multinucleated cells inFrontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2025
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  12. Imaging flow cytometry: a primer.Nature reviews. Methods primers · 2022
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  13. Human Hazard Assessment UsingInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Matthew A RodriguesMilliporeSigma, 645 Elliott Ave. Suite 100, Seattle, Washington.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The in vitro micronucleus (MN) assay is a well-established test for evaluating genotoxicity and cytotoxicity. The use of manual microscopy to perform the assay can be laborious and often suffers from user subjectivity and interscorer variability. Automated methods including slide-scanning microscopy and conventional flow cytometry have been developed to eliminate scorer bias and improve throughput. However, these methods possess several limitations such as lack of cytoplasmic visualization using slide-scanning microscopy and the inability to visually confirm the legitimacy of MN or storage of image data for re-evaluation using flow cytometry. The ImageStream

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AutomationCell NucleusColoring AgentsCytokinesisDNA DamageFlow CytometryHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedMicronucleus TestsColoring Agentsautomationcytochalasin Bcytotoxicitygenotoxicityimage analysisImageStream®imaging flow cytometryIn vitro micronucleus assayTK6 cells

Identifiers

PMID30118149
PMCPMC6174940
OpenAlexW2887039535

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