Novel insights into cutaneous immune systems revealed by in vivo imaging

作者：Honda Tetsuya^*; Otsuka Atsushi; Kabashima Kenji^*

来源：Allergology International, 2016, 65(3): 228-234.

DOI：10.1016/j.alit.2016.02.008

• Contact hypersensitivity
• Dendritic cells
• In vivo imaging
• Multiphoton microscopy
• T cells

In vivo imaging is a novel experimental approach for biological research. Multiphoton microscopy (MPM), a type of fluorescence microscopy, is a new tool for in vivo imaging analysis. MPM allows observation of both tissue structures and cell behaviors or cell-cell interactions in living animals in real time. Skin is an ideal tissue for MPM analysis as it is directly accessible to the microscope. In the skin, immune cells cooperate to maintain skin homeostasis or to exert immune responses against foreign antigens. In vivo imaging by MPM analysis provides precise information on cell dynamics in the skin, and has significantly expanded our knowledge of the cutaneous immune system. In this review, we will discuss recent insights related to the mechanisms of allergic skin inflammation that have been revealed by MPM analysis.

• 出版日期2016-7
• 单位河北医科大学