Vibrational spectroscopy in stem cell characterisation: is there a niche?
Vibrational spectroscopy using both infrared and Raman spectroscopies has been used in recent years with the aim to aid clinicians in disease diagnosis. More recently, these techniques have been applied to study stem cell differentiation and to determine stem cell presence in tissues. These studies have demonstrated the potential of these techniques in better characterising stem cell differentiation phenotypes with potential applications in tissue engineering strategies. However, before the translation of vibrational spectroscopy into clinical practice becomes a reality, several issues still need to be addressed. We describe here an overview of the work carried out so far and the problems that might be encountered when using vibrational spectroscopy.
Cancer Centre, University Hospital of North Staffordshire, Newcastle Road, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 6QG, UK; Institute for Science and Technology in Medicine, Keele University, Guy Hilton Research Centre, Thornburrow Drive, Stoke on Trent, ST4 7QB, UK.
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Institute for Science and Technology in Medicine, Keele University, Guy Hilton Research Centre, Thornburrow Drive, Stoke on Trent, ST4 7QB, UK.
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Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, MéDIAN-Biophotonique et Technologies pour la Santé, UFR de Pharmacie, 51 rue Cognacq-Jay, 51096 Reims Cedex, France; CNRS UMR7369, Matrice Extracellulaire et Dynamique Cellulaire (MEDyC), Reims, France.
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Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, MéDIAN-Biophotonique et Technologies pour la Santé, UFR de Pharmacie, 51 rue Cognacq-Jay, 51096 Reims Cedex, France; CNRS UMR7369, Matrice Extracellulaire et Dynamique Cellulaire (MEDyC), Reims, France. Electronic address: ganesh.sockalingum@univ-reims.fr.
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D002454:Cell Differentiation; D003584:Cytological Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D013055:Spectrophotometry, Infrared / Q000379:methods*; D013059:Spectrum Analysis, Raman / Q000379:methods*; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology*
Raman spectroscopy; embryonic stem cell; infrared spectroscopy; mesenchymal stem cell; stem cells