3. Assays measuring loss of plasma membrane integrity
Before determining the type of cell death, one has to ensure that
the cells are dead. A cell is considered dead when it has lost its
plasma membrane integrity. In vivo, the corpse or fragments of
dying cells are engulfed by neighboring cells before loss of plasma
membrane integrity [26]. This chapter focuses on determination of
the loss of plasma membrane integrity and of the spillage of intracellular
content. The difference in MW between fluorochromes
(