Direct observation of mammalian cell growth and size regulation
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...
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Nature Publishing Group
2014
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/88951 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5223-9433 |
Summary: | 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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