title: Mammalian cell-based biosensors for pathogens and toxins.
abstract: Cell-based biosensors (CBBs) have emerged as powerful functional tools for the rapid detection of hazards and threats associated with food, agriculture, environment and biosecurity. CBBs detect the functional aspects of a host-hazard interaction and render an accurate estimation of the risks. Assessing hazard-induced physiological responses, such as receptor-ligand interactions, signal transduction, gene expression, membrane damage, apoptosis and oncosis of living sensing organisms can provide insight into the basis of toxicity for a particular hazard. This review highlights the progress made in developing mammalian CBBs for pathogens and toxins, with special emphasis on multidisciplinary approaches that combine molecular biology and microbiology with methods used in physics and engineering, which led to the development of a three-dimensional cell-culture system and high-throughput screening employing optical and electrical systems.
authors.affiliation: Molecular Food Microbiology Laboratory, Center for Food Safety Engineering, Department of Food Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.
authors.forename: Pratik
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Banerjee
authors.forename: Arun K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Bhunia
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001681:Biological Assay / Q000295:instrumentation*; D015374:Biosensing Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation*; D018929:Cell Culture Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004563:Electrochemistry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005658:Fungi / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D055096:Optical Devices; D014118:Toxins, Biological / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D014118:Toxins, Biological