Week 10 Flashcards
What was flow cytometry originally designed to measure?
measure physical properties of cells
• Ability to deflect light
• Influenced by size and internal structure
Flow cytometry can rapidly analyse large cell populations and classify and quantify them according to what 3 things?
- Size
- Internal structures and complexity
- Antigenic characteristics
What are the 2 ways flow cytometry is used in leukaemias?
- Identify clonal populations of cells
* Detect and quantitate minimal residual disease
Immunophenotypes often correlate with what 2 types of abnormalities?
- Cytogenetic abnormalities
* Morphologic abnormalities
In specimen staining what are the two types of markers used?
surface and intracellular
Surface marker specimen staining is usually a cocktail of?
Fluorochrome-conjugated monoclonal antibodies
Intracellular markers requires an additional step to make cell membrane what?
permeable to staining agents
CD4 and CD22 are examples of what?
Monoclonal antibodies
The CD in CD22 stands for what?
Cluster of differentiation
Can flow cytometry define antigen expression on large and complex populations of
viable cells?
Yes
Many antigens can be detected simultaneously on individual cells with flow cytometry. T-F
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In regards to light scatter
• Forward scatter =
• Side scatter =
- Forward scatter = Proportional to particle size
* Side scatter = Surface complexity • Internal structures • Nuclear folding • Granules • Vacuoles
What are 3 ways gating signals that are detected be sorted?
- Size
- Cytoplasmic complexity
- Antigen expression
Pluripotent stem cells usually express what markers?
- CD34
- CD38
- CD117
- HLA-DR
CD45 is pan haemopoietic except for what 2 cell types?
erythrocytes, platelets