Evidence map›Paper›PMID 32863589›Full record

ArticleSensors and actuators. B, Chemical2020

Comparative Study of Prostate Cancer Biophysical and Migratory Characteristics via Iterative Mechanoelectrical Properties (iMEP) and Standard Migration Assays.

Parham Ghassemi, Koran S Harris, Xiang Ren, Brittni M Foster, Carl D Langefeld, Bethany A Kerr, Masoud Agah

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Sensors and actuators. B, Chemical, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing 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

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. 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

7 authors.

Parham GhassemiThe Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, United States.
Koran S HarrisDepartment of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157, United States.
Xiang RenThe Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, United States.
Brittni M FosterDepartment of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157, United States.
Carl D LangefeldDepartment of Biostatistics and Data Science, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27157, United States.
Bethany A KerrDepartment of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157, United States.
Masoud AgahThe Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, United States.

Funding

Tumor Tissue CoreP30CA012197 · NCI · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI Ruben A. Mesa · 1985 to 2026
$55.4M
CD117 Signaling as a Mechanism of Prostate Cancer MetastasisR00CA175291 · NCI · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI KERR, BETHANY AMBER · 2016 to 2018
$722k
High Throughput Mechanical Modulatory Assay for Breast Cancer Drug TestingR21CA210126 · NCI · VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INST AND ST UNIV · PI AGAH, MASOUD · 2016 to 2017
$395k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA012197NCI NIH HHS R00 CA175291NCI NIH HHS R21 CA210126
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study reveals a new microfluidic biosensor consisting of a multi-constriction microfluidic device with embedded electrodes for measuring the biophysical attributes of single cells. The biosensing platform called the iterative mechano-electrical properties (iMEP) analyzer captures electronic records of biomechanical and bioelectrical properties of cells. The iMEP assay is used in conjunction with standard migration assays, such as chemotaxis-based Boyden chamber and scratch wound healing assays, to evaluate the migratory behavior and biophysical properties of prostate cancer cells. The three cell lines evaluated in the study each represent a stage in the standard progression of prostate cancer, while the fourth cell line serves as a normal/healthy counterpart. Neither the scratch assay nor the chemotaxis assay could fully differentiate the four cell lines. Furthermore, there was not a direct correlation between wound healing rate or the migratory rate with the cells' metastatic potential. However, the iMEP assay, through its multiparametric dataset, could distinguish between all four cell line populations with p-value < 0.05. Further studies are needed to determine if iMEP signatures can be used for a wider range of human cells to assess the tumorigenicity of a cell population or the metastatic potential of cancer cells.

Indexed as

cancerCell deformabilityimpedancemicrofluidicsmigration assays

Identifiers

PMID32863589
PMCPMC7455013

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceTDM
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.