Apparatus for detecting the degree of malignancy of each of circulating tumor cells

    公开(公告)号:US11280792B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-22

    申请号:US16123444

    申请日:2018-09-06

    IPC分类号: G01N33/574 C12N5/09 G01N33/58

    摘要: The object of the present invention is to provide an evaluation method capable of accurately determining a metastasis of cancer, the stage of cancer progression, or the malignancy of cancer.
    The object can be solved by a method for detecting the degree of malignancy of each of the circulating tumor cells, characterized by the following steps: (a) bringing an epithelial cell-binding component, which specifically binds to a marker molecule expressed on epithelial cells and is fluorescently-labeled or luminescent enzyme-labeled, and a mesenchymal cell-binding component, which specifically binds to a marker molecule expressed on mesenchymal cells and is fluorescently-labeled or luminescent enzyme-labeled, into contact with a sample that possibly contains circulating tumor cells, (b) detecting a fluorescence signal or a luminescence signal of the epithelial cell-binding component and a fluorescence signal or a luminescence signal of the mesenchymal cell-binding component of each of the cells, and (c) determining the degree of epithelial-mesenchymal transition of circulating tumor cells based on the signal amount of the epithelial cell-binding component (E) and the signal amount of the mesenchymal cell-binding component (M).

    TARGET CAPTURING APPARATUS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND TARGET DETECTING METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20210363493A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-25

    申请号:US16468100

    申请日:2018-10-17

    发明人: Defeng MAO

    IPC分类号: C12N5/09 B01L3/00 G01N33/569

    摘要: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a target capturing apparatus and a manufacturing method thereof, and a target detecting method. The target capturing apparatus includes a cavity structure, the cavity structure includes: an inlet portion, an outlet portion and a capture region positioned between the inlet portion and the outlet portion, and the capture region includes a capture component, and a combination specifically combined with a to-be-captured target is included in the capture component so as to capture the target in a sample entering the cavity structure.