Two-dimensional and nano-materials as mass tags and cell labeling systems in mass cytometry and high-dimensional imaging

Abstract

Methods that include tagging at least one cell with a MXene, the cell optionally being an immune cell; and detecting at least one component of the MXene using one or more of single-cell mass cytometry by time-of-flight (CyTOF), imaging mass cytometry (IMC), and ion beam imaging (MIBI-TOF). Systems that include a cell tagged with an amount of a MXene; and a detection train configured for at least one of time of flight (CyTOF), imaging mass cytometry (IMC), and ion beam imaging by time-of-flight (MIBI-TOF) that detects the MXene. Methods that include tagging a population of cells with at least one MXene: and processing the population of cells with at least one of time-of-flight (CyTOF), imaging mass cytometry (IMC), and ion beam imaging by time-of-flight (MIBI-TOF) that detects the at least MXene; and relating the detection of the at least one MXene to a characteristic of the population of cells.

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