Expansion microscopy: principles and uses in biological research

AT Wassie, Y Zhao, ES Boyden - Nature methods, 2019 - nature.com
Many biological investigations require 3D imaging of cells or tissues with nanoscale spatial
resolution. We recently discovered that preserved biological specimens can be physically …

Current progress in expansion microscopy: chemical strategies and applications

G Wen, V Leen, T Rohand, M Sauer… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Expansion microscopy (ExM) is a newly developed super-resolution technique, allowing
visualization of biological targets at nanoscale resolution on conventional fluorescence …

SNT: a unifying toolbox for quantification of neuronal anatomy

C Arshadi, U Günther, M Eddison, KIS Harrington… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
SNT is an end-to-end framework for neuronal morphometry and whole-brain connectomics
that supports tracing, proof-editing, visualization, quantification and modeling of …

Cortical column and whole-brain imaging with molecular contrast and nanoscale resolution

R Gao, SM Asano, S Upadhyayula, I Pisarev, DE Milkie… - Science, 2019 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Neural circuits across the brain are composed of structures spanning
seven orders of magnitude in size that are assembled from thousands of distinct protein …

Tau oligomer–containing synapse elimination by microglia and astrocytes in Alzheimer disease

RN Taddei, R Perbet, AM de Gerando… - JAMA …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Factors associated with synapse loss beyond amyloid-β plaques and
neurofibrillary tangles may more closely correlate with the emergence of cognitive deficits in …

Glucocerebrosidase is imported into mitochondria and preserves complex I integrity and energy metabolism

P Baden, MJ Perez, H Raji, F Bertoli, S Kalb… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Mutations in GBA1, the gene encoding the lysosomal enzyme β-glucocerebrosidase
(GCase), which cause Gaucher's disease, are the most frequent genetic risk factor for …

The cell biologist's guide to super-resolution microscopy

G Jacquemet, AF Carisey, H Hamidi… - Journal of Cell …, 2020 - journals.biologists.com
Fluorescence microscopy has become a ubiquitous method to observe the location of
specific molecular components within cells. However, the resolution of light microscopy is …

mGreenLantern: a bright monomeric fluorescent protein with rapid expression and cell filling properties for neuronal imaging

BC Campbell, EM Nabel, MH Murdock… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - pnas.org
Although ubiquitous in biological studies, the enhanced green and yellow fluorescent
proteins (EGFP and EYFP) were not specifically optimized for neuroscience, and their …

A developmental analysis of juxtavascular microglia dynamics and interactions with the vasculature

E Mondo, SC Becker, AG Kautzman… - Journal of …, 2020 - jneurosci.org
Microglia, a resident CNS macrophage, are dynamic cells, constantly extending and
retracting their processes as they contact and functionally regulate neurons and other glial …

Light microscopy of proteins in their ultrastructural context

O M'Saad, J Bewersdorf - Nature communications, 2020 - nature.com
Resolving the distribution of specific proteins at the nanoscale in the ultrastructural context of
the cell is a major challenge in fluorescence microscopy. We report the discovery of a new …