Fibroblast autofluorescence in connective tissue disorders: A future tool for clinical and differential diagnosis?

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Monici, Monica ^a   Basile, Venere ^a   Romano, Giovanni ^a   Evangelisti, Lucia ^a,b,c   Lucarini, Laura ^a,b,c   Attanasio, Monica ^a,b,c   Bertini, Enrico ^d   Fusi, Franco ^a   Gensini, Gian Franco ^a,b,c,e   Pepe, Guglielmina ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Clin Level of Chron Degenerative and Neoplastic Dis to Dev Novel Therapies   (Italy)

^d BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

Author keywords

biomedical optics; cells; fluorescence; fluorescence spectroscopy; imaging; microscopy

Indexed keywords

AORTIC ANEURYSMS; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; BIOMEDICAL OPTICS; CLINICAL MANIFESTATION; CONNECTIVE TISSUES; DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; INHERITED DISORDERS; MARFAN SYNDROME; MICRO SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR MECHANISM; MULTISPECTRAL IMAGING; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY;

CELL CULTURE; COLLAGEN; FIBROBLASTS; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; GENES; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; TISSUE;

DIAGNOSIS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PHOTOPROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; FORECASTING; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INFANT; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE, MULTIPHOTON; PILOT PROJECTS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 60849093778     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2982533     Document Type: Article

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