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Three-dimensional Quantification of Intestinal Mucus Using Whole-mount Tissue Imaging
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2025
This study presents a 3D imaging method using whole-mount intestinal tissues and multi-photon microscopy to quantify secreted mucus, enabling precise volumetric analysis and visualization of mucus dynamics in response to stimuli like carbamoylcholine chloride.
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Whole Mount Immunofluorescence and Follicle Quantification of Cultured Mouse Ovaries
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2018
Here, we present a protocol to quantify follicles in cultured ovaries of young mice without serial sectioning. Using whole organ immunofluorescence and tissue clearing, physical sectioning is replaced with optical sectioning. This method of sample preparation and visualization maintains organ integrity and facilitates automated quantification of specific cells.
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Quantification of Vascular Parameters in Whole Mount Retinas of Mice with Non-Proliferative and Proliferative Retinopathies
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2022
This article describes a well-established and reproducible lectin stain assay for the whole mount retinal preparations and the protocols required for the quantitative measurement of vascular parameters frequently altered in proliferative and non-proliferative retinopathies.
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Whole-Mount In Situ Hybridization
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2023
Whole-mount in situ hybridization (WMISH) is a common technique used for visualizing the location of expressed RNAs in embryos. In this process, synthetically produced RNA probes are first complementarily bound, or "hybridized," to the transcripts of target genes. Immunohistochemistry or fluorescence is then used to detect these RNA hybrids, revealing spatial and temporal patterns of gene expression. Unlike traditional in situ hybridization techniques, which require thin tissue sections whose...
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Quantitative Whole-mount Immunofluorescence Analysis of Cardiac Progenitor Populations in Mouse Embryos
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2017
Here, we describe a protocol for whole mount immunofluorescence and image-based quantitative volumetric analysis of early stage mouse embryos. We present this technique as a powerful approach to qualitatively and quantitatively assess cardiac structures during development, and propose that it may be widely adaptable to other organ systems.
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Preserving the specimen’s overall architecture allows measurements to be interpreted in their original spatial context. A labeled feature can be evaluated not only for its abundance or signal intensity, but also for where objects occur relative to one another across the tissue. This makes it possible to connect local cellular or molecular patterns with specimen-wide organization, a central advantage in biological imaging studies.
The approach can yield several complementary readouts, including object number, size, distribution, and signal intensity. These measurements describe both how much of a feature is present and how it is arranged throughout the specimen. Examining multiple readouts together helps researchers compare experimental conditions and distinguish changes in abundance from changes in morphology or spatial organization.
Reliable results depend on consistently labeling the feature of interest, imaging the entire specimen, and applying reproducible image analysis. Preserving spatial relationships is also important because it allows measurements to retain biological context. When these elements are handled consistently, researchers can make more meaningful comparisons between conditions and relate local signals to broader patterns across complex tissues.
The main distinction is the scale of spatial information retained during analysis. Thin sections provide views of selected tissue slices, whereas an intact-specimen approach supports specimen-wide visualization and preserves relationships across the larger structure. This broader view is useful when the biological question concerns tissue organization, distribution patterns, or how local events fit within the complete specimen.
A typical workflow labels the cellular, structural, or molecular feature being studied, images the intact specimen, and analyzes the resulting images quantitatively. The analysis may determine object number, size, distribution, or signal intensity. Researchers can then compare these measurements across experimental conditions, using the preserved spatial information to interpret differences within the specimen’s organization.
Whole-mount Quantification is useful for examining development, tissue organization, morphology, and disease-related changes in model organisms and organs. It is especially informative when researchers need to connect local cellular or molecular events with patterns across complex tissues. The resulting specimen-wide measurements support comparisons between conditions while retaining information about where biological changes occur.