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Developing Raman Spectroscopy as a Diagnostic Tool for Label-free Antigen Detection

Lewis, AT; Gaifulina, R; Guppy, NJ; Isabelle, M; Dorney, J; Lloyd, GR; Rodriguez-Justo, M; ... Thomas, GM; + view all (2018) Developing Raman Spectroscopy as a Diagnostic Tool for Label-free Antigen Detection. Journal of Biophotonics , 11 (2) , Article e201700028. 10.1002/jbio.201700028. Green open access

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Abstract

For several decades, a multitude of studies have documented the ability of Raman spectroscopy (RS) to differentiate between tissue types and identify pathological changes to tissues in a range of diseases. Furthermore, spectroscopists have illustrated that the technique is capable of detecting disease-specific alterations to tissue before morphological changes become apparent to the pathologist. This study draws comparisons between the information that is obtainable using RS alongside immunohistochemistry (IHC); since histological examination is the current GOLD standard for diagnosing a wide range of diseases. Here, Raman spectral maps were generated using formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded colonic tissue sections from healthy patients and spectral signatures from principal components analysis (PCA) were compared with several IHC markers to confirm the validity of their localizations. PCA loadings identified a number of signatures that could be assigned to muscle, DNA and mucin glycoproteins and their distributions were confirmed with antibodies raised against anti-Desmin, anti-Ki67 and anti-MUC2 respectively. The comparison confirms that there is excellent correlation between RS and the IHC markers used, demonstrating that the technique is capable of detecting compositional changes in tissue in a label-free manner, eliminating the need for antibodies.

Type: Article
Title: Developing Raman Spectroscopy as a Diagnostic Tool for Label-free Antigen Detection
Location: Germany
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1002/jbio.201700028
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jbio.201700028
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: Diagnosis, Immunohistochemistry, Raman Spectroscopy, Tissue, classification
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences > Cell and Developmental Biology
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Cancer Institute
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Cancer Institute > Research Department of Pathology
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1565532
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