Nuclei were isolated from liquid nitrogen flash frozen PDOX tumors [92 (link)]. Samples were minced in DAPI buffer [10 μg/ml DAPI in 146 mM NaCl, 10 mM Tris–HCl (pH 7.5), 0.2% IPEGAL]. Nuclei were disaggregated subsequently with 20G and 25G needles and filtered through a 50 μm and a 30 μm mesh. Tumor nuclei were stained with the human-specific anti-Lamin A/C-PE antibody (Supplementary Table 2, online resource). Optionally, PDOX-derived single cell tumor cells and cell lines were stained with IR-LIVE/DEAD® Fixable Dead Cell Stains (Invitrogen; 1 µg/ml) and fixed with cold 80% ethanol. PBMCs were added to each sample as internal diploid control. Flow analysis was carried out with AriaTMSORP or CantoTM flow cytometers (BD Biosystems). DNA content was analyzed with the FlowJo software.
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