Long-term intravital immunofluorescence imaging of tissue matrix components with epifluorescence and two-photon microscopy

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 86, 2014, Pages

  Güç, Esra ^a   Fankhauser, Manuel ^a   Lund, Amanda W ^a,b   Swartz, Melody A ^a   Kilarski, Witold W ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioengineering; Epifluorescence; Intravital imaging; Issue 86; Matrix remodeling; Tumor matrix; Two photon imaging

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939292423     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/51388     Document Type: Article

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