A standardized method for the analysis of liver sinusoidal endothelial cells and their fenestrations by scanning electron microscopy

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn 2015, Issue 98, 2015, Pages

  Cogger, Victoria C ^a,b   O'reilly, Jennifer N ^a,b   Warren, Alessandra ^a,b   Le Couteur, David G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ANZAC Research Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biophysics; Diameter; Fenestrae; Fixation; Image analysis; Image J; Issue 98; Perfusion; Porosity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIVER; LIVER CELL; MOUSE; PROCEDURES; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HEPATOCYTES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; RATS;

EID: 84937635937     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/52698     Document Type: Article

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