METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING DEGREE OF STRATIFICATION AND/OR DIFFERENTIATION

摘要

A method for easily and non-invasively determining a degree of stratification and/or differentiation of cultured cells, and an apparatus for determining a degree of stratification and/or differentiation of cultured cells are provided. The invention relates to a method for determining a degree of stratification and/or differentiation of cultured cells, including: (a) a harvesting step of harvesting a culture solution of the cultured cells; (b) an analytical step of analyzing at least one type of a metabolite of the pentose phosphate pathway and/or the TCA cycle in the culture solution; and (c) a determination step of referring to a database of correlations between prospectively-obtained degrees of stratification and/or differentiation of the cultured cells and analytical results of metabolites, for analytical results obtained in the analytical step, to determine the degree of stratification and/or differentiation of the cultured cells.

主权项

1. A method for determining a degree of stratification and/or differentiation of cultured cells, comprising:
(a) a harvesting step of harvesting a culture solution of the cultured cells; (b) an analytical step of analyzing at least one type of a metabolite of the pentose phosphate pathway and/or the TCA cycle in the culture solution; and (c) a determination step of referring to a database of correlations between prospectively-obtained degrees of stratification and/or differentiation of the cultured cells and analytical results of metabolites, for analytical results obtained in the analytical step, to determine the degree of stratification and/or differentiation of the cultured cells.