Noninvasive Quantification of Retinal Microglia Using Widefield Autofluorescence Imaging
Author(s) -
Despina Kokona,
Nadia Schneider,
Helena Giannakaki-Zimmermann,
Joël Jovanovic,
Andreas Ebneter,
Martin S. Zinkernagel
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
investigative ophthalmology and visual science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1552-5783
pISSN - 0146-0404
DOI - 10.1167/iovs.16-20916
Subject(s) - microglia , ex vivo , autofluorescence , retinal , in vivo , green fluorescent protein , retina , pathology , preclinical imaging , transplantation , confocal , confocal microscopy , medicine , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , ophthalmology , fluorescence , immunology , neuroscience , optics , surgery , inflammation , biochemistry , physics , gene
To validate widefield autofluorescence (AF) in vivo imaging of the retina in mice expressing green fluorescent protein (gfp) in microglia, and to monitor retinal microglia reconstitution in vivo after lethal irradiation and bone marrow transplantation.
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