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ArticleBio-protocol2020

Immunofluorescent Staining of Claudin-2 in Cultured Kidney Tubular Cells.

Shaista Anwer, Katalin Szaszi

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Article in Bio-protocol, 2020. 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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2citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Enteroendocrine cells regulate intestinal barrier permeability.American journal of physiology. Cell physiology · 2025
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  2. Enteroendocrine Cells Regulate Intestinal Barrier Permeability.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Shaista AnwerKeenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science of the St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Canada.
Katalin SzasziKeenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science of the St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Canada.
St. Michael's Hospital · CAUniversity of Toronto · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Members of the claudin family of tight junction proteins regulate paracellular permeability and modulate cell signaling. During junction remodeling, these proteins are selectively inserted into or retrieved from the tight junctions, but the control and coordination of these processes remain incompletely understood. Visualization of claudins allows the assessment of changes in their localization and abundance. We use the described protocol to stain claudin-2, but it can also be adapted to stain any tight junction protein. We found that using methanol for fixing allows the best preservation of claudin-2 both at the membrane and in cytoplasmic vesicles. Staining is done using a claudin-2 specific primary and a fluorescently labelled secondary antibody, along with DAPI to label nuclei. The samples are then imaged using confocal microscopy, and a z-stack is obtained allowing visualization of both junctional and intracellular claudin-2. Total claudin-2 signal can be quantified after 3D reconstruction of the images using the Imaris software.

Indexed as

3D reconstitutionanalysisClaudinConfocal microscopyEpithelial cellsFixed cellsIndirect immunofluorescent stainingMaximum intensity projection

Identifiers

PMID33659349
PMCPMC7842339
OpenAlexW3042229291

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