Biomimetic Immuno-Magnetosomes for High-Performance Enrichment of Circulating Tumor Cells.

Xiong, Ke; Wei, Wei; Jin, Yongjie; Wang, Shumin; Zhao, Dongxu; Wang, Shuang; Gao, Xiaoyong; Qiao, Chenmeng et al. · Adv Mater · 2016

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

A novel biomimetic immuno-magnetosome (IMS) is developed by coating a leukocyte membrane (decorated with anti-epithelial cell-adhesion molecule antibody) on a magnetic nanocluster. In addition to the good stability and magnetic controllability, the IMS also exhibits satisfactory binding avidity to circulating tumor cells but stealth property to leukocytes. As a result, rare tumor cells can be effectively enriched with undetectable leukocyte background.

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