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ArticleCurrent protocols in cytometry2018

Clearing for Deep Tissue Imaging.

Michael Muntifering, Daniel Castranova, Gregory A Gibson, Evan Meyer, Matthew Kofron, Alan M Watson

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Article in Current protocols in cytometry, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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35 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Michael MuntiferingDivision of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Daniel CastranovaDivision of Developmental Biology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
Gregory A GibsonCenter for Biologic Imaging, Department of Cell Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Evan MeyerDivision of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Matthew KofronDivision of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Alan M WatsonCenter for Biologic Imaging, Department of Cell Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.ORCID 0000-0003-0632-8296

Funding

PROTEOMICSP01AG043376 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI ROBBINS, PAUL D. · 2013 to 2019
$11.2M
Specification&Patterning During Vertebrate OrganogenesisZ01HD001011 · NICHD · EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT · PI WEINSTEIN, BRANT M · 1997 to 2008
$1.8M
Specification And Patterning of the Lymphatic SystemZ01HD008808 · NICHD · EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT · PI WEINSTEIN, BRANT · 2007 to 2008
$670k
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 HD001011Intramural NIH HHS Z01 HD008808NIA NIH HHS P01 AG043376
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biologic tissues are generally opaque due to optical properties that result in scattering and absorption of light. Preparation of tissues for optical microscopy often involves sectioning to a thickness of 50-100 µm, the practical limits of light penetration and recovery. A researcher who wishes to image a whole tissue must acquire potentially hundreds of individual sections before rendering them into a three-dimensional volume. Clearing removes strongly light-scattering and light-absorbing components of a tissue and equalizes the refractive index of the imaging medium to that of the tissue. After clearing, the maximum depth of imaging is often defined by the microscope optics rather than the tissue. Such visibility enables the interrogation of whole tissues and even animals without the need to section. Researchers can study a biological process in the context of its three-dimensional environment, identify rare events in large volumes of tissues, and trace cells and cell-cell interactions over large distances. This article describes four popular clearing protocols that are relevant to a wide variety of scenarios across biologic disciplines: CUBIC, CLARITY, 3DISCO, and SeeDB. © 2018 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Indexed as

AnimalsDecision TreesFluorescenceImaging, Three-DimensionalMiceSolventsStaining and LabelingSolventsCLARITYclearsee deep brain (SeeDB)three-dimensional imaging of solvent-cleared organs (3DISCO)tissue clearingunobstructed brain/body imaging cocktails (CUBIC)

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PMID30005145
PMCPMC6168389

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