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. 2017 Oct;9(Suppl 13):S1346–S1358. doi: 10.21037/jtd.2017.07.28

Table 1. CTCs technologies in lung cancer.

Technology CTC enrichment CTC detection Comments References
Label-dependent systems
   AdnaTest Immunomagnetic beads anti-EpCAM and/or other tumor-associated markers RT-PCR for cancer specific targets CTC number not quantifiable Tewes (30)
Andreopoulou (31)
Hanssen (32)
   CellSearch® System Anti-EpCAM coated immunomagnetic beads Immunocytochemistry: CK8,18,19+CD45-DAPI+ CTCs Semi-automated platform. FDA-cleared for metastatic breast, prostate and colorectal cancer Cristofanilli (6)
Allard (13)
Krebs (33)
   CTC-Chip Microposts array coated with anti-EpCAM Abs Immunofluorescence: CK+CD45-DAPI+ CTCs Microfluidic technology. Unlabeled cells are available for subsequent molecular analyses Nagrath (34)
Sequist (35)
Zhang (36)
   GILUPI Cell Collector® EpCAM-coated medical wire Immunofluorescence: EpCAM+ and/or CK+, CD45-DAPI+ CTCs and morphology Process large volumes of blood for in vivo CTCs collection Saucedo-Zeni (37)
Gorges (38)
   HB-CTC (Herringbone-Chip) EpCAM Ab-coated surface combined with high-throughput microfluidics Immunofluorescence: CD45-DAPI+ CTCs and tumor associated targets Increased interactions CTCs-chip surface due to microvortices. Allows CTM detection Stott (39)
   MACS® (Magnetic Activated Cell Sorting System) Paramagnetic beads with anti-EpCAM, panCK, HER2/neu, or CD45 Abs. Separation by high-gradient magnetic fields Cells available for subsequent analyses Miltenyi (40)
Mayo (41)
   RosetteSep™ (Human Circulating Epithelial Tumor Cells Enrichment Cocktail) Negative selection (i.e., anti-CD45) combined with gradient density centrifugation Highly purified, unlabeled cells for downstream analyses He (42)
Hodgkinson (43)
Morrow (44)
Label-independent systems
   ClearCell® FX1 System Size-based selection using centrifugal force Isolates unlabeled cells. Requires RBC lysis. Small CTCs may escape detection Lim (45)
Tan (46)
   DEPArray System Cells trapped in DEP cages and sorted by morphological parameters Isolates unlabeled, purified single cells. Requires pre-enrichment Fabbri (47)
Hodgkinson (43)
   ISET® (Isolation by Size of Epithelial Tumor cells) Filtration based on cell size and deformability Epithelial and/or vimentin immunocytochemistry; cytomorphological detection Filtration-based technology. Isolates CTM; small CTCs may escape detection Hofman (48)
Farace (49)
Krebs (18)
Ilie (50)

Ab, antibody; CK, cytokeratin; CTM, circulating tumor microemboli; CTCs, circulating tumor cells; DEP, dielectrophoretic; FDA, Food and Drug Administration; HER2/neu, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2; RBC, red blood cells; RT-PCR, reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction.