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ArticleBiosensors2021

Evaluation of Cancer Cell Lines by Four-Point Probe Technique, by Impedance Measurements in Various Frequencies.

Georgia Paivana, Dimitris Barmpakos, Sophie Mavrikou, Alexandros Kallergis, Odysseus Tsakiridis, Grigoris Kaltsas, Spyridon Kintzios

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Article in Biosensors, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors.

Georgia PaivanaLaboratory of Cell Technology, Department of Biotechnology, School of Applied Biology and Biotechnology, Agricultural University of Athens, 11855 Athens, Greece.
Dimitris BarmpakosmicroSENSES Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of West Attica, 12244 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-4462-5398
Sophie MavrikouLaboratory of Cell Technology, Department of Biotechnology, School of Applied Biology and Biotechnology, Agricultural University of Athens, 11855 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-6565-3473
Alexandros KallergismicroSENSES Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of West Attica, 12244 Athens, Greece.
Odysseus TsakiridismicroSENSES Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of West Attica, 12244 Athens, Greece.
Grigoris KaltsasmicroSENSES Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of West Attica, 12244 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-1976-2107
Spyridon KintziosLaboratory of Cell Technology, Department of Biotechnology, School of Applied Biology and Biotechnology, Agricultural University of Athens, 11855 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-2841-446X

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cell-based biosensors appear to be an attractive tool for the rapid, simple, and cheap monitoring of chemotherapy effects at a very early stage. In this study, electrochemical measurements using a four-point probe method were evaluated for suspensions of four cancer cell lines of different tissue origins: SK-N-SH, HeLa, MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231, all for two different population densities: 50 K and 100 K cells/500 μL. The anticancer agent doxorubicin was applied for each cell type in order to investigate whether the proposed technique was able to determine specific differences in cell responses before and after drug treatment. The proposed methodology can offer valuable insight into the frequency-dependent bioelectrical responses of various cellular systems using a low frequency range and without necessitating lengthy cell culture treatment. The further development of this biosensor assembly with the integration of specially designed cell/electronic interfaces can lead to novel diagnostic biosensors and therapeutic bioelectronics.

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Biosensing TechniquesNeoplasmsCell Line, TumorElectric ImpedanceElectrochemical TechniquesFemaleHumansMCF-7 Cellscancer cell linescell-based biosensordoxorubicinfour-point probe measurementspolydimethylsiloxane

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PMID34562935
PMCPMC8466278

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