Multiplexed high-content analysis of mitochondrial morphofunction using live-cell microscopy

Nature Protocols

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1693-1710

  Iannetti, Eligio F ^a,b   Smeitink, Jan A M ^b,c   Beyrath, Julien ^b   Willems, Peter H G M ^a,b,c   Koopman, Werner J H ^a,b,c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Khondrion BV   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 [5 (4 METHYL 1 PIPERAZINYL)[2,5' BI 1H BENZIMIDAZOL] 2' YL]PHENOL; ACETOXY METHYL ESTER; CALCEIN; FLUORESCENT DYE; TETRAMETHYLRHODAMINE METHYL ESTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATED MICROSCOPY; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CELL CULTURE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVE CELL MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MITOCHONDRIAL VOLUME; MITOCHONDRION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKIN FIBROBLAST; STAINING; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOLOGY; FIBROBLAST; IMAGE PROCESSING; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; SKIN;

CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY; MITOCHONDRIA; SKIN;

EID: 85017411944     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2016.094     Document Type: Article

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