Comprehensive analysis of mitochondrial permeability transition pore activity in living cells using fluorescence-imaging-based techniques

Nature Protocols

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1067-1080

  Bonora, Massimo ^a,b   Morganti, Claudia ^a,b   Morciano, Giampaolo ^a,b   Giorgi, Carlotta ^a   Wieckowski, Mariusz R ^b   Pinton, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3,3' DIHEXYLOXACARBOCYANINE; CALCEIN; CALCIMYCIN; CERAMIDE; COBALT; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IONOMYCIN; MENADIONE; MITOCHONDRIAL PERMEABILITY TRANSITION PORE; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RHODAMINE 123; TETRAMETHYLRHODAMINE ETHYL ESTER; TETRAMETHYLRHODAMINE METHYL ESTER; THAPSIGARGIN; CARRIER PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CELL LABELING; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MITOCHONDRIAL PERMEABILITY; MITOCHONDRION SWELLING; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CELL SURVIVAL; HELA CELL LINE; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

CELL SURVIVAL; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; KINETICS; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; OPTICAL IMAGING;

EID: 84971325631     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2016.064     Document Type: Article

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