title: Array-based sensing of normal, cancerous, and metastatic cells using conjugated fluorescent polymers.
abstract: A family of conjugated fluorescent polymers was used to create an array for cell sensing. Fluorescent conjugated polymers with pendant charged residues provided multivalent interactions with cell membranes, allowing the detection of subtle differences between different cell types on the basis of cell surface features. Highly reproducible characteristic patterns were obtained from different cell types as well as from isogenic cell lines, enabling the identification of the cell type as well differentiating between normal, cancerous, and metastatic isogenic cell types with high accuracy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, 710 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA.
authors.forename: Avinash
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bajaj
authors.forename: Oscar R
authors.initials: OR
authors.lastname: Miranda
authors.forename: Ronnie
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Phillips
authors.forename: Ik-Bum
authors.initials: IB
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: D Joseph
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Jerry
authors.forename: Uwe H F
authors.initials: UH
authors.lastname: Bunz
authors.forename: Vincent M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Rotello
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015374:Biosensing Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D002460:Cell Line; D016002:Discriminant Analysis; D005453:Fluorescence; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000473:pathology; D011108:Polymers / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D011108:Polymers