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ArticleJournal of visualized experiments : JoVE2017

Fluorescence-mediated Tomography for the Detection and Quantification of Macrophage-related Murine Intestinal Inflammation.

Tobias M Nowacki, Dominik Bettenworth, Markus Brückner, Friederike Cordes, Frank Lenze, Anne Becker, Moritz Wildgruber, Michel Eisenblätter

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Article in Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Tobias M NowackiDepartment of Medicine B, University Hospital Münster; Tobias.Nowacki@ukmuenster.de.
Dominik BettenworthDepartment of Medicine B, University Hospital Münster.
Markus BrücknerDepartment of Medicine B, University Hospital Münster.
Friederike CordesDepartment of Medicine B, University Hospital Münster.
Frank LenzeDepartment of Medicine B, University Hospital Münster.
Anne BeckerTranslational Research Imaging Center, Department of Clinical Radiology, University Hospital Münster.
Moritz WildgruberTranslational Research Imaging Center, Department of Clinical Radiology, University Hospital Münster.
Michel EisenblätterTranslational Research Imaging Center, Department of Clinical Radiology, University Hospital Münster.
University Hospital Münster · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Murine models of disease are indispensable to scientific research. However, many diagnostic tools such as endoscopy or tomographic imaging are not routinely employed in animal models. Conventional experimental readouts often rely on post mortem and ex vivo analyses, which prevent intra-individual follow-up examinations and increase the number of study animals needed. Fluorescence-mediated tomography enables the non-invasive, repetitive, quantitative, three-dimensional assessment of fluorescent probes. It is highly sensitive and permits the use of molecular makers, which allows for the specific detection and characterization of distinct molecular targets. In particular, targeted probes represent an innovative tool for analyzing gene activation and protein expression in inflammation, autoimmune disease, infection, vascular disease, cell migration, tumorigenesis, etc. In this article, we provide step-by-step instructions on this sophisticated imaging technology for the in vivo detection and characterization of inflammation (i.e., F4/80-positive macrophage infiltration) in a widely used murine model of intestinal inflammation. This technique might also be used in other research areas, such as immune cell or stem cell tracking.

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AnimalsDisease Models, AnimalFluorescenceInflammationIntestinal MucosaIntestinesMacrophagesMiceTomography

Identifiers

PMID29286467
PMCPMC5755568
OpenAlexW2772105910

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