ArticleCell reports methods2025
AIstain: Enhancing microglial phagocytosis analysis through deep learning.
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- Mapping human microglial morphological diversity via handcrafted and deep learning-derived image features.iScience · 2026Article
- Protocol for evaluating microglial phagocytosis in situ in mouse hippocampal slices.STAR protocols · 2026Article
- AIstain: Enhancing microglial phagocytosis analysis through deep learning.Cell reports methods · 2025Article
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Abstract
Investigating microglial phagocytosis is essential for understanding the mechanisms underlying brain health and disease. Dysregulation of phagocytosis is implicated in various neurological disorders, necessitating accurate analysis. Leveraging advances in deep learning, this study explores the application of a U-Net-based neural network for image cytometry to enhance the analysis of microglial phagocytosis. Murine microglia were imaged using the Olympus ScanR system, generating a substantial dataset for training a U-Net. The U-Net (AIstain) demonstrated superior performance in cell detection compared to live cell staining and the established segmentation tools SAM2 and Cellpose 3. Additionally, the model's applicability can be extended to other cell types, including leukemia and breast cancer cells, highlighting its versatility. AIstain provides a straightforward approach for the analysis of live cell images and microglial phagocytosis. This method enhances the precision of the results while simultaneously reducing the complexity of the experiment, thus facilitating substantial progress in the domain of neurobiological research.
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