title: Cell separation: a review.
abstract: This review summarizes currently available techniques for cell separation. Techniques that exploit differences in physical properties of cells are widely used but have a number of limitations. Those that are based on differences in surface properties may more readily permit reproducible separation of a functionally homogeneous population of cells. Unfortunately very few techniques achieve separation of cells on the basis of differences in their functional characteristics.
mesh_terms: D002448:Cell Adhesion; D002452:Cell Count; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000276:immunology; D002469:Cell Separation / Q000379:methods*; D002499:Centrifugation, Density Gradient; D004586:Electrophoresis; D006801:Humans; D007163:Immunosorbent Techniques