Noninvasive high-resolution in vivo imaging of cell biology in the anterior chamber of the mouse eye

Nature Protocols

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1278-1286

  Speier, Stephan ^a   Nyqvist, Daniel ^a,c   Köhler, Martin ^a   Caicedo, Alejandro ^b   Leibiger, Ingo B ^a   Berggren, Per Olof ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c FIRC INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CYTOLOGY; ENGRAFTMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; INNERVATION; LASER MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; APOPTOSIS; CALCIUM; FLUORESCENT DYES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS TRANSPLANTATION; MICE; MICE, NUDE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL;

EID: 50349101185     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2008.118     Document Type: Article

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