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ArticleeLife2020

Label-free imaging of immune cell dynamics in the living retina using adaptive optics.

Aby Joseph, Colin J Chu, Guanping Feng, Kosha Dholakia, Jesse Schallek

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Article in eLife, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers.

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41 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Aby Joseph *The Institute of Optics, University of Rochester, Rochester, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-8143-801X
Colin J Chu *Translational Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-2088-8310
Guanping FengDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, United States.
Kosha DholakiaFlaum Eye Institute, University of Rochester, Rochester, United States.
Jesse SchallekFlaum Eye Institute, University of Rochester, Rochester, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-6337-4187

Funding

VISUAL SCIENCE RESEARCH CTR SUPPORTP30EY001319 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI Susana Marcos · 1985 to 2026
$17.5M
Non-invasive, living histology of capillary structure and single cell blood flow in mouse model of diabetic retinopathyR01EY028293 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI SCHALLEK, JESSE BARRETT · 2017 to 2025
$4.2M
NEI NIH HHS P30 EY001319NEI NIH HHS R01 EY028293NIH HHS P30 EY001319NIH HHS R01 EY028293
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Our recent work characterized the movement of single blood cells within the retinal vasculature (Joseph et al. 2019) using adaptive optics ophthalmoscopy. Here, we apply this technique to the context of acute inflammation and discover both infiltrating and tissue-resident immune cells to be visible without any labeling in the living mouse retina using near-infrared light alone. Intravital imaging of immune cells can be negatively impacted by surgical manipulation, exogenous dyes, transgenic manipulation and phototoxicity. These confounds are now overcome, using phase contrast and time-lapse videography to reveal the dynamic behavior of myeloid cells as they interact, extravasate and survey the mouse retina. Cellular motility and differential vascular responses were measured noninvasively and in vivo across hours to months at the same retinal location, from initiation to the resolution of inflammation. As comparable systems are already available for clinical research, this approach could be readily translated to human application.

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AnimalsDiagnostic ImagingEye DiseasesMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLOphthalmoscopesOphthalmoscopyOptics and PhotonicsRetinal Vesselsadaptive opticsimmune cell motilityimmune response, inflammationimmunologyinflammationintravitallabel-free imagingmousephysics of living systemsretina

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PMID33052099
PMCPMC7556865

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