Leukocyte lipid bodies: Inflammation-related organelles are rapidly detected by wet scanning electron microscopy

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2589-2594

  Melo, Rossana C N ^a,b   Sabban, Alon ^c   Weller, Peter F ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF JUIZ DE FORA   (Brazil)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c QuantomiX Ltd   (Israel)

Author keywords

Eosinophils; Lipid droplets; Lipid imaging; Wet samples

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; LIPID;

ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLAMMATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEUKOCYTE; MICROSCOPY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE;

CELL SURVIVAL; EOSINOPHILS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTES; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPIDS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS;

EID: 33845584496     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: 15397262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1194/jlr.D600028-JLR200     Document Type: Article

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