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Direct observation of mammalian cell growth and size regulation

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Son, Sungmin, Tzur, Amit, Weng, Yaochung, Jorgensen, Paul, Kim, Jisoo, Kirschner, Marc W, Manalis, Scott R·2012·Nature Methods

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We introduce a microfluidic system for simultaneously measuring single-cell mass and cell cycle progression over multiple generations. We use this system to obtain over 1,000 h of growth data from mouse lymphoblast and pro-B-cell lymphoid cell lines. Cell lineage analysis revealed a decrease in the growth rate variability at the G1-S phase transition, which suggests the presence of a growth rate threshold for maintaining size homeostasis.

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Authors
Son, S., Tzur, A., Weng, Y., Jorgensen, P., Kim, J., Kirschner, M. W., & Manalis, S. R.
Affiliations
  • Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research At MIT (US)
  • Harvard University (US)
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
Corresponding author
Manalis, Scott R
Venue
Nature Methods
Published
2012-08-05
Volume
9
Issue
9
Pages
910-912
ISSN
  • 1548-7091 (ISSN-L)
  • 1548-7105
OpenAlex
W1524987177
Cited by
220
References
15
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FWCI
8.62
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Nature Methods (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH) (Harvard University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • PMC
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (5p50gm068762-10)
  • National Cancer Institute (R21CA137695, U54CA143874)
  • National Institute of General Medical Sciences (R01GM026875, P50-GM068762, R01GM085457)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gene Regulatory Network Analysis
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Biophysics › Cell Image Analysis Techniques
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Biophysics › Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques
Keywords
cell growth, cell size control, cell cycle progression, microfluidics, growth rate variability, G1/S transition, cell lineage analysis, lymphoblastoid cell lines
MeSH terms
Animals, Cell Line, Lymphocytes, G1 Phase, S Phase, Cell Lineage, Microfluidic Analytical Techniques, Cell Size, Cell Enlargement, Cell Proliferation, Mice, Precursor Cells, B-Lymphoid, Single-Cell Analysis

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