Fluorescent Proteins 101: Monitoring Cell Mobility Using Fluorescent Proteins
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Blog Post
... of other technologies such as optogenetics and CRISPR/Cas9 will help immunologists create even better...with the engineering of fluorescently labelled antibodies made it possible to track cells from one organ...harvesting lymph nodes at different times after antigen challenge, scientists were able to track where ...diverse tissue environments. These studies provide quantitative measurements of cellular motility, interactions...By specifically labeling T cells, B cells, and antigen presenting cells, scientists have been able to ...the bloodstream to invade lymph nodes and scan antigen presenting cells, but two-photon microscopy enabled...scanning was and how fast T cells could jump from one antigen presenting cell to another. Indeed, we now know...