Organ Isolation
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Stromal Cell Isolation From Hematopoietic Organs
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2024
Here we present protocols that enable isolation of stromal cells from murine bone, bone marrow, thymus and human thymic tissue compatible with single-cell multiomics.
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Isolation and Characterization of Mouse Antral Oocytes Based on Nucleolar Chromatin Organization
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2016
Here we present a protocol for the characterization of mouse antral oocytes based on nucleolar organization.
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Larval Ring Gland Dissection: Isolation of Developmental Endocrine Organs from Drosophila
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2023
This video describes the Drosophila ring gland, a complex endocrine structure important for biosynthesis and secretion of ecdysteroids and other hormones. The featured protocol demonstrates its dissection, fixation, and immunostaining.
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Isolating Free Carbenes, their Mixed Dimers and Organic Radicals
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2019
We present protocols for the isolation of stable heterocyclic carbenes. The synthesis of a cyclic (alkyl)(amino) carbene (CAAC) and an N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) is demonstrated using filter cannulas and Schlenk technique. We furthermore present the synthesis of the related oxygen-sensitive, electron-rich mixed “Wanzlick dimer” and the reduced stable organic radical.
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Isolation and Quantification of Zika Virus from Multiple Organs in a Mouse
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2019
The goal of the protocol is to demonstrate the techniques used to investigate viral disease by isolating and quantifying Zika virus, from multiple organs in a mouse following infection.
FAQs
Maintaining the organ’s native architecture preserves spatial relationships among malignant cells, stromal components, blood vessels, and surrounding tissue. These relationships can influence tumor invasion and treatment response in ways that simplified cell cultures may not reproduce. Consequently, isolated organ material can provide a more biologically informative setting for examining how cancer behavior depends on the tissue environment.
Viability determines whether isolated tissue can retain relevant physiological properties during handling, transport, or ex vivo culture. If tissue condition deteriorates, observations may reflect damage from isolation rather than tumor biology. Careful control of preservation and experimental conditions therefore helps researchers interpret changes in tumor development, invasion, or treatment response more reliably.
Isolated organs and organ fragments retain structural and cellular features of the tissue environment, whereas conventional cell cultures provide a more simplified setting. This distinction allows researchers to examine cancer behavior in relation to surrounding tissue organization and local cellular interactions. The resulting observations can add context to findings generated with cultured malignant cells.
Organ isolation provides a controlled study platform that lies between simplified cell culture and whole-animal investigation. Researchers can examine tumor development, invasion, or therapeutic responses while retaining relevant tissue features and reducing the complexity of a complete organism. Findings from isolated tissues can therefore complement, rather than replace, evidence from cell-based and animal models.
Preparation generally includes surgical separation from the donor organism or surrounding tissues, sterile handling, and preservation during transport or ex vivo culture. The workflow must protect tissue architecture, viability, and relevant physiological properties throughout these stages. The prepared organ or fragment can then support controlled analysis of tumor behavior or responses to experimental treatment.
An organ fragment may be selected when the study requires defined tissue regions or a more manageable ex vivo sample. It can retain important architectural and cellular features while allowing focused analysis of tumor development, invasion, or treatment response. The choice between an intact organ and a fragment depends on the tissue scale and experimental question.
These models are suited to questions about how tumors develop within tissue, how malignant cells invade surrounding structures, and how the tissue environment affects treatment response. They can also support analysis of interactions between cancer cells and nearby tissue components. Such applications make organ isolation useful when spatial and physiological context is central to interpretation.
Researchers can use isolated tissues to examine changes associated with tumor development, invasion, and responses to treatment under controlled conditions. Because the material can retain relevant architecture and cellular organization, results may show how therapies perform within a tissue context rather than only against isolated malignant cells. This supports more context-rich comparison across cancer models.