Tracking neutrophil intraluminal crawling, transendothelial migration and chemotaxis in tissue by intravital video microscopy

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 55, 2011, Pages

  Xu, Najia ^a   Lei, Xi ^a   Liu, Lixin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chemotaxis; Endothelial cells; Immunology; Intravital microscopy; Issue 55; Leukocyte recruitment; Neutrophils

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053921218     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/3296     Document Type: Article

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