Functional immunoimaging: The revolution continues

Nature Reviews Immunology

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 858-864

  Bousso, Philippe ^a,b   Moreau, Hélène D ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL DEATH; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOMETRY; DYNAMICS; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; FUNCTIONAL IMMUNOIMAGING; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IMAGING; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; INFECTION; MICROSCOPY; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TIME LAPSE IMAGING; TRANSPLANTATION; TWO PHOTON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; IMAGE CYTOMETRY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; MICE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; STAINING AND LABELING; TIME-LAPSE IMAGING;

EID: 84870230968     PISSN: 14741733     EISSN: 14741741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nri3342     Document Type: Review

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