Two-photon microscopy for non-invasive, quantitative monitoring of stem cell differentiation

WL Rice, DL Kaplan, I Georgakoudi - PloS one, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Background The engineering of functional tissues is a complex multi-stage process, the
success of which depends on the careful control of culture conditions and ultimately tissue …

Recent progress in optical chemical sensors

HH Qazi, AB Mohammad, M Akram - Sensors, 2012 - mdpi.com
Optical chemical sensors have promoted escalating interest in the determination of various
pollutants in the environment, which are creating toxicity and may cause serious health …

Measurements of absolute concentrations of NADH in cells using the phasor FLIM method

N Ma, MA Digman, L Malacrida… - Biomedical optics …, 2016 - opg.optica.org
We propose a graphical method using the phasor representation of the fluorescence decay
to derive the absolute concentration of NADH in cells. The method requires the …

Advances in fluorescence microscopy techniques to study kidney function

S Ranjit, L Lanzanò, AE Libby, E Gratton… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Fluorescence microscopy, in particular immunofluorescence microscopy, has been used
extensively for the assessment of kidney function and pathology for both research and …

Bioenergetic alterations of metabolic redox coenzymes as NADH, FAD and FMN by means of fluorescence lifetime imaging techniques

S Kalinina, C Freymueller, N Naskar… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Metabolic FLIM (fluorescence lifetime imaging) is used to image bioenergetic status in cells
and tissue. Whereas an attribution of the fluorescence lifetime of coenzymes as an indicator …

Structural and functional characterization of human stem-cell-derived retinal organoids by live imaging

AW Browne, C Arnesano… - … & visual science, 2017 - iovs.arvojournals.org
Purpose: Human pluripotent stem cell (hPSC)-derived retinal organoids are a platform for
investigating retinal development, pathophysiology, and cellular therapies. In contrast to …

pH dependence of the fluorescence lifetime of FAD in solution and in cells

MS Islam, M Honma, T Nakabayashi, M Kinjo… - International journal of …, 2013 - mdpi.com
We have studied physiological parameters in a living cell using fluorescence lifetime
imaging of endogenous chromophores. In this study, pH dependence of the fluorescence …

Label-free imaging for quality control of cardiomyocyte differentiation

T Qian, TM Heaster, AR Houghtaling, K Sun… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Human pluripotent stem cell (hPSC)-derived cardiomyocytes provide a promising
regenerative cell therapy for cardiovascular patients and an important model system to …

Label-free visualization and characterization of extracellular vesicles in breast cancer

S You, R Barkalifa, EJ Chaney, H Tu… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Despite extensive interest, extracellular vesicle (EV) research remains technically
challenging. One of the unexplored gaps in EV research has been the inability to …

Advances in quantitative UV–visible spectroscopy for clinical and pre-clinical application in cancer

JQ Brown, K Vishwanath, GM Palmer… - Current opinion in …, 2009 - Elsevier
Methods of optical spectroscopy that provide quantitative, physically or physiologically
meaningful measures of tissue properties are an attractive tool for the study, diagnosis …