In Vivo Cell Tracking Using Two-Photon Microscopy

Methods Mol Biol. 2016:1444:109-22. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-3721-9_11.

Abstract

Recently we have explored and developed approaches imaging using confocal/two-photon microscopy, which enables simultaneous high-resolution assessment of specifically fluorescently marked cells in conjunction with structural components of the tissues visualized via harmonic generated signals. This approach uses commercially available confocal and two-photon laser microscope and automated user-interactive image analysis methods based on commercially available software packages allowing easy implementation in usual microscopy facilities.

Keywords: Adipose tissue; Cell tracking; Fluorescent proteins; Lymph node; Multiphoton microscopy; Second harmonic generation; Third harmonic generation.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cell Tracking / instrumentation*
  • Cell Tracking / methods
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional / instrumentation
  • Mice
  • Microscopy, Confocal / instrumentation
  • Microscopy, Fluorescence, Multiphoton / instrumentation*
  • Microscopy, Fluorescence, Multiphoton / methods
  • Software
  • User-Computer Interface