Blood Cell Detection
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Immunostaining-Based Detection of Dynamic Alterations in Red Blood Cell Proteins
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2023
Capturing dynamic changes in the protein activation of enucleated red blood cells poses methodological challenges, like the preservation of dynamic changes to acute stimuli for later assessment. The presented protocol describes sample preparation and staining techniques that enable preservation and analysis of relevant protein changes and subsequent detection.
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Methods for Quantitative Detection of Antibody-induced Complement Activation on Red Blood Cells
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2014
Here we describe two assays for measuring complement activation induced by antibodies against red blood cells. The major advantage over the current assays is their quantitative and easy-to-interpret nature.
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Measuring Deformability and Red Cell Heterogeneity in Blood by Ektacytometry
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2018
Here we present techniques to measure red cell deformability and cellular heterogeneity by ektacytometry. These techniques are applicable to general investigations of red cell deformability and specific investigations of blood diseases characterized by the presence of both rigid and deformable red cells in circulation, such as sickle cell anemia.
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Periodic Acid-Schiff Staining of Cells: An In Vitro Technique to Detect Glycogen Levels in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells
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2025
This video demonstrates the periodic acid-Schiff staining technique for assessing glycogen levels of peripheral blood mononuclear cells in vitro. The stain imparts a magenta color to intracellular glycogen granules, rendering them visible under a microscope.
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Fully Automated Centrifugal Microfluidic Device for Ultrasensitive Protein Detection from Whole Blood
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2016
This protocol demonstrates how to achieve femto molar detection sensitivity of proteins in 10 µL of whole blood within 30 min. This can be achieved by using electrospun nanofibrous mats integrated in a lab-on-a-disc, which offers high surface area as well as effective mixing and washing for enhanced signal-to-noise ratio.
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Blood Cell Detection separates cell populations by comparing measurable physical signatures. Red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets differ in properties such as size, shape, optical behavior, and electrical behavior. A sensing system records how each cell interacts with light, an electric field, or fluid flow, then uses those differences to identify cell types and estimate their concentrations.
These physical inputs reveal different aspects of how cells behave during measurement. Light can reflect optical properties, electric fields can reveal electrical behavior, and fluid flow provides a controlled setting for observing cell interactions. Combining these signal types can support clearer discrimination among cell populations and connects blood analysis with optics, electrical sensing, and microfluidic physics.
Imaging addresses visible features such as cell size and shape, while spectroscopy concerns how cells interact with light. Electrical sensing examines responses to electric fields, and microfluidics incorporates controlled fluid movement into compact measurement systems. Together, these approaches show how physical principles can be translated into measurements for identifying cells and determining their concentrations.
A general workflow begins with a blood sample and exposes its cells to a measurable physical condition, such as light, an electric field, or fluid flow. The system records the resulting signal, compares differences associated with size, shape, optical properties, or electrical behavior, and uses those measurements to distinguish cell types and determine their concentrations.
These systems support automated blood counts, disease monitoring, and biomedical diagnostics. Researchers can also use them when developing or evaluating measurement approaches for blood samples. The resulting information helps characterize the amounts of different cell types, making physical sensing relevant both to routine health assessment and to investigations of disease-related changes.
Microfluidics links cell measurement with the behavior of blood samples in small-scale fluid systems. By incorporating fluid flow into the sensing process, it contributes to the development of compact instruments designed for rapid analysis. This is relevant when researchers seek portable or streamlined tools for clinical and research settings while still measuring physical differences among cell types.