Recommendations, evaluation and validation of a semi-automated, fluorescent-based scoring protocol for micronucleus testing in human cells

AL Seager, UK Shah, K Brüsehafer, J Wills… - …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Micronucleus (MN) induction is an established cytogenetic end point for evaluating structural
and numerical chromosomal alterations in genotoxicity testing. A semi-automated scoring …

In vitro genotoxicity testing using the micronucleus assay in cell lines, human lymphocytes and 3D human skin models

M Kirsch-Volders, I Decordier, A Elhajouji, G Plas… - …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
The toxicological relevance of the micronucleus (MN) test is well defined: it is a multi-target
genotoxic endpoint, assessing not only clastogenic and aneugenic events but also some …

Flow cytometric 96‐well microplate‐based in vitro micronucleus assay with human TK6 cells: Protocol optimization and transferability assessment

SM Bryce, SL Avlasevich, JC Bemis… - Environmental and …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
An automated approach for scoring in vitro micronuclei (MN) has been described in which
flow cytometric analysis is combined with compound exposure, processing, and sampling in …

Automated scoring of lymphocyte micronuclei by the MetaSystems Metafer image cytometry system and its application in studies of human mutagen sensitivity and …

A Rossnerova, M Spatova, C Schunck, RJ Sram - Mutagenesis, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Automated image analysis scoring of micronuclei (MN) in cells can facilitate the objective
and rapid measurement of genetic damage in mammalian and human cells. This approach …

Development and validation of an in vitro micronucleus assay platform in TK6 cells

Z Sobol, ML Homiski, DA Dickinson… - … /Genetic Toxicology and …, 2012 - Elsevier
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has recently
adopted Test Guideline 487 (TG487) for conducting the in vitro micronucleus (MNvit) assay …

Automatic analysis of the micronucleus test in primary human lymphocytes using image analysis

W Frieauff, HJ Martus, W Suter, A Elhajouji - Mutagenesis, 2013 - academic.oup.com
The in vitro micronucleus test (MNT) is a well-established test for early screening of new
chemical entities in industrial toxicology. For assessing the clastogenic or aneugenic …

Automated image analysis of cytokinesis-blocked micronuclei: an adapted protocol and a validated scoring procedure for biomonitoring

I Decordier, A Papine, G Plas, S Roesems… - …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Micronuclei (MN) frequencies in peripheral blood lymphocytes have been used worldwide
as a biomarker of chromosomal damage for genotoxicity testing and biomonitoring studies …

Evaluation of the automated MicroFlow® and Metafer™ platforms for high-throughput micronucleus scoring and dose response analysis in human lymphoblastoid …

JR Verma, BJ Rees, EC Wilde, CA Thornton… - Archives of …, 2017 - Springer
The use of manual microscopy for the scoring of chromosome damage in the in vitro
micronucleus assay is often associated with user subjectivity. This level of subjectivity can …

Flow cytometric analysis of micronuclei in mammalian cell cultures: past, present and future

S Avlasevich, S Bryce, M De Boeck, A Elhajouji… - …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
The relative simplicity of the in vitro micronucleus (MNvit) endpoint has made it amenable to
several automated scoring approaches. Flow cytometry is one such scoring platform that has …

An automated method to perform the in vitro micronucleus assay using multispectral imaging flow cytometry

MA Rodrigues - JoVE (Journal of Visualized Experiments), 2019 - jove.com
The in vitro micronucleus (MN) assay is often used to evaluate cytotoxicity and genotoxicity
but scoring the assay via manual microscopy is laborious and introduces uncertainty in …