Engineering the multiscale complexity of vascular networks

C O'Connor, E Brady, Y Zheng, E Moore… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
The survival of vertebrate organisms depends on highly regulated delivery of oxygen and
nutrients through vascular networks that pervade nearly all tissues in the body …

Tissue clearing and its applications in neuroscience

HR Ueda, A Ertürk, K Chung, V Gradinaru… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
State-of-the-art tissue-clearing methods provide subcellular-level optical access to intact
tissues from individual organs and even to some entire mammals. When combined with light …

Microglia coordinate cellular interactions during spinal cord repair in mice

FH Brennan, Y Li, C Wang, A Ma, Q Guo, Y Li… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) triggers a neuro-inflammatory response dominated by
tissue-resident microglia and monocyte derived macrophages (MDMs). Since activated …

Whole-body cellular map** in mouse using standard IgG antibodies

H Mai, J Luo, L Hoeher, R Al-Maskari, I Horvath… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Whole-body imaging techniques play a vital role in exploring the interplay of physiological
systems in maintaining health and driving disease. We introduce wildDISCO, a new …

[HTML][HTML] Fibrin drives thromboinflammation and neuropathology in COVID-19

JK Ryu, Z Yan, M Montano, EG Sozmen, K Dixit… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Life-threatening thrombotic events and neurological symptoms are prevalent in COVID-19
and are persistent in patients with long COVID experiencing post-acute sequelae of SARS …

Microbiota modulate sympathetic neurons via a gut–brain circuit

PA Muller, M Schneeberger, F Matheis, P Wang… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Connections between the gut and brain monitor the intestinal tissue and its microbial and
dietary content, regulating both physiological intestinal functions such as nutrient absorption …

Super-resolution ultrasound imaging

K Christensen-Jeffries, O Couture, PA Dayton… - Ultrasound in medicine …, 2020 - Elsevier
The majority of exchanges of oxygen and nutrients are performed around vessels smaller
than 100 μm, allowing cells to thrive everywhere in the body. Pathologies such as cancer …

Advanced 3D imaging and organoid bioprinting for biomedical research and therapeutic applications

S Maharjan, C Ma, B Singh, H Kang, G Orive… - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2024 - Elsevier
Organoid cultures offer a valuable platform for studying organ-level biology, allowing for a
closer mimicry of human physiology compared to traditional two-dimensional cell culture …

High-resolution 3D imaging of fixed and cleared organoids

JF Dekkers, M Alieva, LM Wellens, HCR Ariese… - Nature protocols, 2019 - nature.com
In vitro 3D organoid systems have revolutionized the modeling of organ development and
diseases in a dish. Fluorescence microscopy has contributed to the characterization of the …

Tissue clearing

DS Richardson, W Guan, K Matsumoto, C Pan… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Tissue clearing of gross anatomical samples was first described more than a century ago
and has only recently found widespread use in the field of microscopy. This renaissance has …