Quantification of Proliferative and Dead Cells in EnteroidsHua-Shan Li *1, Shao-Fang Xu *1, Jian-Ying Sheng *1, Zhi-Hui Jiang 1, Jing Wang 1, Ning Ding 1, Tao Wang 1, Matthew A. Odenwald 2, Jerrold R. Turner 2,3, Wei-Qi He 1, Hong Xu 1, Juan-Min Zha 1
1Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Neuropsychiatric Diseases and Cambridge-Suda (CAM-SU) Genomic Resource Center, Medical College of Soochow University, Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, 2Department of Pathology, University of Chicago, 3Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital–Harvard Medical School
The presented protocol uses flow cytometry to quantify the number of proliferating and dead cells in cultured mouse enteroids. This method is helpful to evaluate the effects of drug treatment on organoid proliferation and survival.