Nature Communications (Sep 2020)

Raman-guided subcellular pharmaco-metabolomics for metastatic melanoma cells

  • Jiajun Du,
  • Yapeng Su,
  • Chenxi Qian,
  • Dan Yuan,
  • Kun Miao,
  • Dongkwan Lee,
  • Alphonsus H. C. Ng,
  • Reto S. Wijker,
  • Antoni Ribas,
  • Raphael D. Levine,
  • James R. Heath,
  • Lu Wei

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18376-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Single-cell metabolomics can offer deep insights into the metabolic reprogramming that accompanies disease states. Here, the authors use Raman spectro-microscopy for non-invasive metabolite analysis and identification of druggable metabolic susceptibilities in single live melanoma cells.