The power of imaging to understand extracellular vesicle biology in vivo

FJ Verweij, L Balaj, CM Boulanger, DRF Carter… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are nano-sized lipid bilayer vesicles released by virtually every
cell type. EVs have diverse biological activities, ranging from roles in development and …

Tracking of extracellular vesicles' biodistribution: new methods and approaches

AM Aimaletdinov, MO Gomzikova - International Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are nanosized lipid bilayer vesicles that are released by almost
all cell types. They range in diameter from 30 nm to several micrometres and have the ability …

Faulty autolysosome acidification in Alzheimer's disease mouse models induces autophagic build-up of Aβ in neurons, yielding senile plaques

JH Lee, DS Yang, CN Goulbourne, E Im… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Autophagy is markedly impaired in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Here we reveal unique
autophagy dysregulation within neurons in five AD mouse models in vivo and identify its …

[HTML][HTML] GABA-receptive microglia selectively sculpt develo** inhibitory circuits

E Favuzzi, S Huang, GA Saldi, L Binan, LA Ibrahim… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Microglia, the resident immune cells of the brain, have emerged as crucial regulators of
synaptic refinement and brain wiring. However, whether the remodeling of distinct synapse …

Nuclear and cytoplasmic spatial protein quality control is coordinated by nuclear–vacuolar junctions and perinuclear ESCRT

EM Sontag, F Morales-Polanco, JH Chen… - Nature Cell …, 2023 - nature.com
Effective protein quality control (PQC), essential for cellular health, relies on spatial
sequestration of misfolded proteins into defined inclusions. Here we reveal the coordination …

Second Near‐Infrared (NIR‐II) Window for Imaging‐Navigated Modulation of Brain Structure and Function

K Zhang, FR Chen, L Wang, J Hu - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
For a long time, optical imaging of the deep brain with high resolution has been a challenge.
Recently, with the advance in second near‐infrared (NIR‐II) bioimaging techniques and …

Real-time monitoring of the yeast intracellular state during bioprocesses with a toolbox of biosensors

L Torello Pianale, P Rugbjerg, L Olsson - Frontiers in microbiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Industrial fermentation processes strive for high robustness to ensure optimal and consistent
performance. Medium components, fermentation products, and physical perturbations may …

Shedding light on mitochondrial outer-membrane permeabilization and membrane potential: state of the art methods and biosensors

N Popgeorgiev, C Gil, K Berthenet, G Bertolin… - Seminars in Cell & …, 2024 - Elsevier
Membrane structural integrity is essential for optimal mitochondrial function. These
organelles produce the energy needed for all vital processes, provided their outer and inner …

Microglial trogocytosis and the complement system regulate axonal pruning in vivo

TKY Lim, ES Ruthazer - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Partial phagocytosis—called trogocytosis—of axons by microglia has been documented in
ex vivo preparations but has not been directly observed in vivo. The mechanisms that …

Lysosome-rich enterocytes mediate protein absorption in the vertebrate gut

J Park, DS Levic, KD Sumigray, J Bagwell, O Eroglu… - Developmental cell, 2019 - cell.com
The guts of neonatal mammals and stomachless fish have a limited capacity for luminal
protein digestion, which allows oral acquisition of antibodies and antigens. However, how …