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Bildgebung der humanen immunologischen Synapse

Published: December 26, 2019
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Summary

Abstract

Introduction

Protocol

Representative Results

Discussion

Disclosures

The authors have nothing to disclose.

Acknowledgements

Materials

Camera Nikon DS-QI1MCNikonMQA11550Cooled Camera Head
CMACThermoFisher ScientificC2110Cell tracker blue
JURKAT cellsATCCATCC TIB-152Effector T lymphocytes
μ-Slide 8 well ibiTreat, μ-Slide 8 well Glass-BottomIBIDICat.No: 80826, 80827Cell culture and cell imaging supports
Microscope NIKON Eclipse Ti-ENikonNIKON Eclipse Ti-EWide-field fluorescence, fully-motorized microscope equipped with Perfect Focus System (PFS) option
Microscope Stage Incubator with 3-channel manual gas mixer and gas bubbler/ humidity moduleOKOLABH201-NIKON-TI-S-ERCell culture atmosphere
Raji CellsATCCATCC CCL-86APC
RPMI medium GIBCOThermoFisher Scientific21875034Culture medium
Streptococcus Enterotoxin E (SEE)Toxin Technology, IncEP404Bacterial Toxin
Software Huygens EssentialSVIHuygens EssentialImage Deconvolution software
Software ImageJNIHImage JImage software
Software Nikon NIS-ARNikonNIS-Elements ARImage capture and analysis software

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Imaging the Human Immunological Synapse

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Bello-Gamboa, A., Izquierdo, J. M., Velasco, M., Moreno, S., Garrido, A., Meyers, L., Palomino, J. C., Calvo, V., Izquierdo, M. Imaging the Human Immunological Synapse. J. Vis. Exp. (154), e60312, doi:10.3791/60312 (2019).

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