Current progress in expansion microscopy: chemical strategies and applications
Expansion microscopy (ExM) is a newly developed super-resolution technique, allowing
visualization of biological targets at nanoscale resolution on conventional fluorescence …
visualization of biological targets at nanoscale resolution on conventional fluorescence …
[HTML][HTML] Expansion microscopy: A chemical approach for super-resolution microscopy
Super-resolution microscopy is a series of imaging techniques that bypass the diffraction
limit of resolution. Since the 1990s, optical approaches, such as single-molecular …
limit of resolution. Since the 1990s, optical approaches, such as single-molecular …
[HTML][HTML] Magnify is a universal molecular anchoring strategy for expansion microscopy
A Klimas, BR Gallagher, P Wijesekara, S Fekir… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Expansion microscopy enables nanoimaging with conventional microscopes by physically
and isotropically magnifying preserved biological specimens embedded in a crosslinked …
and isotropically magnifying preserved biological specimens embedded in a crosslinked …
[HTML][HTML] Expanded vacuum-stable gels for multiplexed high-resolution spatial histopathology
Cellular organization and functions encompass multiple scales in vivo. Emerging high-plex
imaging technologies are limited in resolving subcellular biomolecular features. Expansion …
imaging technologies are limited in resolving subcellular biomolecular features. Expansion …
Differential nanoscale organization of excitatory synapses onto excitatory vs. inhibitory neurons
PA Dharmasri, AD Levy… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
A key feature of excitatory synapses is the existence of subsynaptic protein nanoclusters
(NCs) whose precise alignment across the cleft in a transsynaptic nanocolumn influences …
(NCs) whose precise alignment across the cleft in a transsynaptic nanocolumn influences …
Improved immunostaining of nanostructures and cells in human brain specimens through expansion-mediated protein decrowding
Proteins are densely packed in cells and tissues, where they form complex nanostructures.
Expansion microscopy (ExM) variants have been used to separate proteins from each other …
Expansion microscopy (ExM) variants have been used to separate proteins from each other …
[HTML][HTML] Expansion microscopy using a single anchor molecule for high-yield multiplexed imaging of proteins and RNAs
Expansion microscopy (ExM), by physically enlarging specimens in an isotropic fashion,
enables nanoimaging on standard light microscopes. Key to existing ExM protocols is the …
enables nanoimaging on standard light microscopes. Key to existing ExM protocols is the …
[HTML][HTML] Plasticity of postsynaptic nanostructure
WJ Droogers, HD MacGillavry - Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, 2023 - Elsevier
The postsynaptic density (PSD) of excitatory synapses is built from a wide variety of
scaffolding proteins, receptors, and signaling molecules that collectively orchestrate synaptic …
scaffolding proteins, receptors, and signaling molecules that collectively orchestrate synaptic …
Adaptation of magnified analysis of the proteome for excitatory synaptic proteins in varied samples and evaluation of cell type-specific distributions
M Delhaye, J LeDue, K Robinson, Q Xu… - Journal of …, 2024 - Soc Neuroscience
Growing evidence suggests a remarkable diversity and complexity in the molecular
composition of synapses, forming the basis for the brain to execute complex behaviors …
composition of synapses, forming the basis for the brain to execute complex behaviors …
Molecular Decrowding by Tissue Expansion Allows Precise Determination of the Spatial Distribution of Synaptic Proteins at a Nanometer Scale by exTEM
To understand how the molecular machinery of synapses works, it is essential to determine
an inventory of synaptic proteins at a subsynaptic resolution. Nevertheless, synaptic proteins …
an inventory of synaptic proteins at a subsynaptic resolution. Nevertheless, synaptic proteins …