Figure 3 | Detecting extracellular signals (IMAGE)

Light Publishing Center, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics And Physics, CAS

Figure 3 | Detecting extracellular signals

Caption

(a) Schematic (side view) of the enhanced detection of cancer cells in fluid by a lipid droplet inside the adipose cell: the lipid droplet acts as a biolens by focusing excitation light into the cancer cell and improving the collection of fluorescent signals at same time. (b) Fluorescence images (top view) of the detecting process. The yellow and red dotted circles indicate the lipid droplet (diameter: 20 μm) and the cancer cell, respectively. The mitochondria of the cancer cell were marked by Mito-Tracker (green). The red arrow indicates the direction of fluid flow in the capillary.

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by Xixi Chen, Tianli Wu, Zhiyong Gong, Jinghui Guo, Xiaoshuai Liu, Yao Zhang, Yuchao Li, Pietro Ferraro, and Baojun Li

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