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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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Horizontal Whole Mount: A Novel Processing and Imaging Protocol for Thick, Three-dimensional Tissue Cross-sections of Skin
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Cited by 14 •
2017
This work presents a novel processing and imaging protocol for thick, three-dimensional tissue cross-section analysis that enables the full exploitation of confocal imaging modalities. This protocol preserves antigenicity and represents a robust system to analyze skin histology and potentially other tissue types.
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Immunostaining of Whole-Mount Retinas with the CLARITY Tissue Clearing Method
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Cited by 4 •
2021
Here we present a protocol to adapt the CLARITY method of the brain tissues for whole-mount retinas to improve the quality of standard immunohistochemical staining and high-resolution imaging of retinal neurons and their subcellular structures.
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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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Visualization of 3D White Adipose Tissue Structure Using Whole-mount Staining
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Cited by 19 •
2018
The focus of the present study is to demonstrate the whole-mount immunostaining and visualization technique as an ideal method for 3D imaging of adipose tissue architecture and cellular component.
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The supportive medium stabilizes the specimen while preserving its orientation and structural relationships. This support is important because delicate brain regions and neuronal layers must remain positioned accurately during preparation for sectioning. When the tissue is adequately supported, subsequent staining and microscopy are more likely to reveal cellular features in their original anatomical context.
Orientation determines how brain regions, neuronal layers, and other structural relationships appear in sections. Careful positioning allows researchers to examine anatomy consistently rather than interpreting features that have been displaced during preparation. Preserving this spatial organization is particularly relevant when comparing samples or mapping protein and gene expression across defined areas.
Inconsistent mounting can reduce section quality and introduce artifacts that complicate microscopic examination. These problems may obscure cellular features or make anatomical comparisons less reliable. A consistent approach to positioning, support, and adhesion helps produce more comparable preparations, strengthening analyses of tissue structure and observed changes across experimental samples.
Preparation proceeds through several connected stages: the specimen is embedded or placed in a supportive medium, positioned to preserve its intended orientation, and secured through adhesion before sectioning. The resulting sections can then be stained and examined with microscopy. Maintaining control across this sequence supports clearer structural and molecular observations.
Mounted neural tissue supports histological analysis, immunostaining, and imaging. These approaches can reveal anatomy, cellular features, and the distribution of proteins or gene expression within preserved brain structures. The resulting preparations help researchers examine organized neural tissue rather than isolated features, making mounting relevant to both structural and molecular investigations.
By preserving brain regions and their relationships for sectioning and microscopy, the preparation enables researchers to examine tissue changes associated with development, injury, or neurological disease. Consistent mounting also improves comparisons between samples, helping investigators relate altered anatomy or molecular patterns to the condition under study and distinguish meaningful changes from preparation-related artifacts.