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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2018

Automated Intracellular Calcium Profiles Extraction from Endothelial Cells Using Digital Fluorescence Images.

Marcial Sanchez-Tecuatl, Ajelet Vargaz-Guadarrama, Juan Manuel Ramirez-Cortes, Pilar Gomez-Gil, Francesco Moccia, Roberto Berra-Romani

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Marcial Sanchez-TecuatlElectronics Department, National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics, 72840 Puebla, Mexico. marcial_st@hotmail.com.
Ajelet Vargaz-GuadarramaBiomedicine School, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, 72410 Puebla, Mexico. ajeletvargaz7@hotmail.com.
Juan Manuel Ramirez-CortesElectronics Department, National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics, 72840 Puebla, Mexico. jmram@inaoep.mx.
Pilar Gomez-GilComputer Science Department, National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics, 72840 Puebla, Mexico. pgomez@inaoep.mx.ORCID 0000-0003-1550-6218
Francesco MocciaDepartment of Biology and Biotechnology "Lazzaro Spallanzani", University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy. francesco.moccia@unipv.it.ORCID 0000-0003-0010-0098
Roberto Berra-RomaniBiomedicine School, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, 72410 Puebla, Mexico. rberra001@hotmail.com.ORCID 0000-0003-4884-0925
National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics · MXBenemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla · MXUniversity of Pavia · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Endothelial cells perform a wide variety of fundamental functions for the cardiovascular system, their proliferation and migration being strongly regulated by their intracellular calcium concentration. Hence it is extremely important to carefully measure endothelial calcium signals under different stimuli. A proposal to automate the intracellular calcium profiles extraction from fluorescence image sequences is presented. Digital image processing techniques were combined with a multi-target tracking approach supported by Kalman estimation. The system was tested with image sequences from two different stimuli. The first one was a chemical stimulus, that is, ATP, which caused small movements in the cells trajectories, thereby suggesting that the bath application of the agonist does not generate significant artifacts. The second one was a mechanical stimulus delivered by a glass microelectrode, which caused major changes in cell trajectories. The importance of the tracking block is evidenced since more accurate profiles were extracted, mainly for cells closest to the stimulated area. Two important contributions of this work are the automatic relocation of the region of interest assigned to the cells and the possibility of data extraction from big image sets in efficient and expedite way. The system may adapt to different kind of cell images and may allow the extraction of other useful features.

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Image Processing, Computer-AssistedAdenosine TriphosphateAlgorithmsAnimalsAutomationCalciumEndothelial CellsFluorescenceIntracellular SpaceMaleRats, WistarAdenosine TriphosphateCalciumcell trackingendotheliumintracellular calciumKalmanmulti-target tracking

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PMID30400174
PMCPMC6274978
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