• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 6, Issue 12, 938 (2008)
Changmei Cai*, Rong Chen, Juqiang Lin, Yongzeng Li, and Shangyuan Feng
Author Affiliations
  • Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Science and Technology for Medicine, Ministry of Education of China, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory for Photonics Technology, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL20080612.0938 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Changmei Cai, Rong Chen, Juqiang Lin, Yongzeng Li, Shangyuan Feng. Micro-Raman spectroscopy of single leukemic cells[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2008, 6(12): 938 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    The Raman spectra from leukemic cell line (HL60) and normal human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) are obtained by confocal micro-Raman spectroscopy using near-infrared laser (785 nm) excitation. The scanning range is from 500 to 2000 cm^{-1}. The two average Raman spectra of normal PBMCs and carcinoma cells have clear differences because their structure and amount of nucleic acid, protein, and other major molecules are changed. The spectra are also compared and analyzed by principal component analysis (PCA) to demonstrate the two distinct clusters of normal and transformed cells. The sensitivity of this technique for identifying transformed cells is 100%.
    Changmei Cai, Rong Chen, Juqiang Lin, Yongzeng Li, Shangyuan Feng. Micro-Raman spectroscopy of single leukemic cells[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2008, 6(12): 938
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