Fig. 3
From: A cell transportation solution that preserves live circulating tumor cells in patient blood samples
Representative images of CTCs isolated from breast cancer patient whole blood. Blood sample was kept at room temperature for 6 days and processed as described in the text. Rows a and b (from left to right) show images of captured CTCs stained for viability using Blue CMAC (blue), cytokeratin (CK) staining (green), EpCAM staining (yellow), Alexa Fluor 594 CD45 staining (olive), DNA staining (red) and merged figures, respectively. Bars indicate 20 μm