TABLE 2.

Commonly used methods for cell isolation based on biological characteristics.

Technique	Mode of operation	Throughput	Advantages	Disadvantages	References
Fluorescence-activated cell sorting	Automatic	High	High rate of rare cell sorting, high purity	Cost-intensive, high skills required	Herzenberg et al., 2002; Gross et al., 2015
Magnetic-activated cell separation	Automatic	High	High purity, cost-efficient	Cell capture is non-specific	Schmitz et al., 1994; Welzel et al., 2015