Table 3 Harvest rate of the Parsortix system by adding 1.8% of BSA to therunning buffer.

From: A model workflow for microfluidic enrichment and genetic analysis of circulating melanoma cells

Sample Characteristics

Parsortix

Experiment ID

Sample type

Staining

Number of captured cells

Number of harvested cells

Harvest Rate (%)

14

SK-MEL-28 spiked in HD blood

Melanoma Ab cocktail

51

49

96

15

A375-MA2 spiked in HD blood

Melanoma Ab cocktail

66

52

79

16

H441 spiked in HD blood

Epithelial Ab cocktail

72

61

85

17

H441 spiked in HD blood

Epithelial Ab cocktail

68

46

68

18

SK-MEL-28 spiked in HD blood

Melanoma Ab cocktail

76

73

96

19

A375-MA2 spiked in HD blood

Melanoma Ab cocktail

53

48

91

20

A375-MA2 spiked in HD blood

Melanoma Ab cocktail

35

31

89

21

SK-MEL-28 spiked in HD blood

Melanoma Ab cocktail

52

50

96

22

H441 spiked in HD blood

Epithelial Ab cocktail

69

57

83

23

H441 spiked in HD blood

Epithelial Ab cocktail

132

121

92

  1. Column 1: experiment ID; column 2: experiment characteristics; column 3: type of staining; column 4: number of cells captured by Parsortix system; column 5: number of harvested cells; column 6: Parsortix harvest rate expressed as the percentage of harvested cells vs. captured cells. Epithelial antibody cocktail contains one epithelial marker (EpCAM) and two leukocyte markers (CD16/CD45). Ab antibody, HD healthy donor.