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ArticleJournal of visualized experiments : JoVE2018

Retinal Cryo-sections, Whole-Mounts, and Hypotonic Isolated Vasculature Preparations for Immunohistochemical Visualization of Microvascular Pericytes.

Karin Dreisig, Frank Wojciechowski Blixt, Karin Warfvinge

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Article in Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE, 2018. 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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2 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Karin DreisigDepartment of Clinical Experimental Research, Glostrup Research Institute.
Frank Wojciechowski BlixtDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Division of Experimental Vascular Research, Lund University.
Karin WarfvingeDepartment of Clinical Experimental Research, Glostrup Research Institute; Department of Clinical Sciences, Division of Experimental Vascular Research, Lund University; karin.birgitta.warfvinge@regionh.dk.
Lund University · SEGlostrup Hospital · DK

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Retinal pericytes play an important role in many diseases of the eye. Immunohistochemical staining techniques of retinal vessels and microvascular pericytes are central to ophthalmological research. It is vital to choose an appropriate method of visualizing the microvascular pericytes. We describe retinal microvascular pericyte immunohistochemical staining in cryo-sections, whole-mounts, and hypotonic isolated vasculature using antibodies for platelet-derived growth factor receptor β (PDGFRβ) and nerve/glial antigen 2 (NG2). This allows us to highlight advantages and shortcomings of each of the three tissue preparations for the visualization of the retinal microvascular pericytes. Cryo-sections provide transsectional visualization of all retinal layers but contain only a few occasional transverse cuts of the microvasculature. Whole-mount provides an overview of the entire retinal vasculature, but visualization of the microvasculature can be troublesome. Hypotonic isolation provides a method to visualize the entire retinal vasculature by the removal of neuronal cells, but this makes the tissue very fragile.

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AnimalsHistological TechniquesHumansImmunohistochemistryPericytesRatsRetinaRetinal Vessels

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PMID30346386
PMCPMC6235433
OpenAlexW2894971417

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