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Dellaquila A, Dujardin C, Le Bao C, Chaumeton C, Carré A, Le Guilcher C, Lam F, Simon-Yarza T. Fibroblasts mediate endothelium response to angiogenic cues in a newly developed 3D stroma engineered model. Biomater Adv 2023; 154:213636. [PMID: 37778292 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioadv.2023.213636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2023] [Revised: 08/30/2023] [Accepted: 09/20/2023] [Indexed: 10/03/2023]
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Three-dimensional stroma engineered models would enable fundamental and applicative studies of human tissues interaction and remodeling in both physiological and pathological conditions. In this work, we propose a 3D vascularized stroma model to be used as in vitro platform for drug testing. A pullulan/dextran-based porous scaffold containing pre-patterned microchannels of 100 μm diameter is used for co-culturing of fibroblasts within the matrix pores and endothelial cells to form the lumen. Optical clearing of the constructs by hyperhydration allows for in-depth imaging of the model up to 1 mm by lightsheet and confocal microscopy. Our 3D vascularized stroma model allows for higher viability, metabolism and cytokines expression compared to a monocultured vascular model. Stroma-endothelium cross-talk is then investigated by exposing the system to pro and anti-angiogenic molecules. The results highlight the protective role played by fibroblasts on the vasculature, as demonstrated by decreased cytotoxicity, restoration of nitric oxide levels upon challenge, and sustained expression of endothelial markers CD31, vWF and VEGF. Our tissue model provides a 3D engineered platform for in vitro studies of stroma remodeling in angiogenesis-driven events, known to be a leading mechanism in diseased conditions, such as metastatic cancers, retinopathies and ischemia, and to investigate related potential therapies.
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- Alessandra Dellaquila
- Université Paris Cité, Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, Laboratory for Vascular Translational Science, INSERM U1148, X. Bichat Hospital, Paris 75018, France.
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- Université Paris Cité, Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, Laboratory for Vascular Translational Science, INSERM U1148, X. Bichat Hospital, Paris 75018, France
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- Université Paris Cité, Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, Laboratory for Vascular Translational Science, INSERM U1148, X. Bichat Hospital, Paris 75018, France
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- Sorbonne Université, Institute of Biology Paris-Seine, Paris 75005, France
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- Université Paris Cité, Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, Laboratory for Vascular Translational Science, INSERM U1148, X. Bichat Hospital, Paris 75018, France
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- Université Paris Cité, Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, Laboratory for Vascular Translational Science, INSERM U1148, X. Bichat Hospital, Paris 75018, France
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- Sorbonne Université, Institute of Biology Paris-Seine, Paris 75005, France
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- Université Paris Cité, Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, Laboratory for Vascular Translational Science, INSERM U1148, X. Bichat Hospital, Paris 75018, France.
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Hawkins TJ. Light Microscopy Technologies and the Plant Cytoskeleton. Methods Mol Biol 2023; 2604:337-52. [PMID: 36773248 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2867-6_28] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2023]
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The cytoskeleton is a dynamic and diverse subcellular filament network, and as such microscopy is an essential technology to enable researchers to study and characterize these systems. Microscopy has a long history of observing the plant world not least as the subject where Robert Hooke coined the term "cell" in his publication Micrographia. From early observations of plant morphology to today's advanced super-resolution technologies, light microscopy is the indispensable tool for the plant cell biologist. In this mini review, we will discuss some of the major modalities used to examine the plant cytoskeleton and the theory behind them.
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Lu CH, Huang CY, Tian X, Chen P, Chen BC. Large-scale expanded sample imaging with tiling lattice lightsheet microscopy. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2023; 154:106340. [PMID: 36442734 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2022.106340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2022] [Revised: 11/17/2022] [Accepted: 11/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The ability to observe biological nanostructures forms a vital step in understanding their functions. Thanks to the invention of expansion microscopy (ExM) technology, super-resolution features of biological samples can now be easily visualized with conventional light microscopies. However, when the sample is physically expanded, the demand for deep and precise 3D imaging increases. Lattice lightsheet microscopy (LLSM), which utilizes a planar illumination that is confined within the imaging depth of high numerical aperture (NA=1.1) detection objective, fulfils such requirements. In addition, optical tiling could be implemented to increase the field of view (FoV) by moving the lightsheet without mechanically moving the samples or the objective for high-precision 3D imaging. In this review article, we will explain the principle of the tiling lattice lightsheet microscopy (tLLSM), which combines optical tiling and lattice lightsheet, and discuss the applications of tLLSM in ExM.
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- Chieh-Han Lu
- Research Center for Applied Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan; Institute and Undergraduate Program of Electro-Optical Engineering, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei 116, Taiwan.
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- Research Center for Applied Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan
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- Research Center for Applied Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan; Nano Science and Technology Program, Taiwan International Graduate Program, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan; Department of Engineering and System Science, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan
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- Research Center for Applied Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan; Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan
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- Research Center for Applied Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan
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Chen Y, Evans PC, Wilkinson RN. A Workflow to Track and Analyze Endothelial Migration During Vascular Development in Zebrafish Embryos Using Lightsheet Microscopy. Methods Mol Biol 2022; 2441:19-28. [PMID: 35099725 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2059-5_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Zebrafish allow unrivalled in vivo imaging of vascular development due to their optical translucency and the availability of transgenic lines which fluorescently label cells and tissues of interest. Advances in light sheet fluorescence microscopy allow longer and faster imaging of live embryos at higher resolutions than previously possible, which facilitates study of dynamic cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying vessel formation and function. Here we describe a workflow using lightsheet microscopy to quantify endothelial cell (EC) migration dynamics during vascular development. Tracking movement of EC nuclei and analyzing the properties of EC migration trajectories permit detailed studies of angiogenesis and vascular remodeling in different contexts.
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- Yan Chen
- Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
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- Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- School of Life Sciences, Medical School, Queens Medical Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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Jalufka FL, Min SW, Platt ME, Pritchard AL, Margo TE, Vernino AO, Kirchhoff MA, Massopust RT, McCreedy DA. Hydrophobic and Hydrogel-Based Methods for Passive Tissue Clearing. Methods Mol Biol 2022; 2440:197-209. [PMID: 35218541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Optical tissue clearing enables the precise imaging of cellular and subcellular structures in whole organs and tissues without the need for physical tissue sectioning. By combining tissue clearing with confocal or lightsheet microscopy, 3D images can be generated of entire specimens for visualization and large-scale data analysis. Here we demonstrate two different passive tissue clearing techniques that are compatible with immunofluorescent staining and lightsheet microscopy: PACT, an aqueous hydrogel-based clearing method, and iDISCO+, an organic solvent-based clearing method.
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- Frank L Jalufka
- Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
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- Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
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- Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
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- Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
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- Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
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- Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
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- Texas A&M Institute for Neuroscience (TAMIN), Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
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- Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.
- Texas A&M Institute for Neuroscience (TAMIN), Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.
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Fredrickson SJ, Hoog TG, Udan RS. Visualizing Blood Vessel Development in Cultured Mouse Embryos Using Lightsheet Microscopy. Methods Mol Biol 2021; 2319:93-104. [PMID: 34331247 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1480-8_11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Lightsheet microscopy is a form of fluorescence microscopy that can be used to visualize specimen with high resolution, a large depth-of-field, and minimal photodamage and photobleaching as compared to traditional confocal microscopy. As this technology becomes much more readily available, it will be useful in revealing new findings in the cardiovascular development field that may be hidden or difficult to image. In this manuscript, we describe an approach for mounting and culturing postimplantation mouse embryos to visualize blood vessel development with a lightsheet microscope.
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Tosi S, Bardia L, Barallobre MJ, Muñoz-Barrutia A, Soto-Montenegro ML, Colombelli J. MosaicExplorerJ: Interactive stitching of terabyte-size tiled datasets from lightsheet microscopy. F1000Res 2021; 9:1308. [PMID: 33763206 PMCID: PMC7953913 DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.27112.2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We introduce MosaicExplorerJ, an ImageJ macro to stitch 3D tiles from terabyte-size microscopy datasets organized on a regular 2D grid. As opposed to existing software, stitching does not require any prior information on the actual positions of the tiles, or conversion of raw TIFF images to a multi-resolution format for interactive exploration and fast processing. MosaicExplorerJ was specifically designed to process lightsheet microscopy datasets from optically cleared samples. It can handle multiple fluorescence channels, dual-sided lightsheet illumination and dual-sided camera detection.
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- Sébastien Tosi
- Institute for Research in Biomedicine - IRB Barcelona, the Barcelona Institute for Science and Technology - BIST, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute for Research in Biomedicine - IRB Barcelona, the Barcelona Institute for Science and Technology - BIST, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Developmental Biology, Instituto de Biología Molecular de Barcelona, CSIC, Barcelona, Spain
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- Departamento de Bioingeniería e Ingeniería Aeroespacial, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Leganés, Spain.,Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain.,CIBER de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Madrid, Spain
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- Institute for Research in Biomedicine - IRB Barcelona, the Barcelona Institute for Science and Technology - BIST, Barcelona, Spain
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Tosi S, Bardia L, Barallobre MJ, Muñoz-Barrutia A, Soto-Montenegro ML, Colombelli J. MosaicExplorerJ: Interactive stitching of terabyte-size tiled datasets from lightsheet microscopy. F1000Res 2020; 9:1308. [PMID: 33763206 PMCID: PMC7953913 DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.27112.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/25/2021] [Indexed: 03/23/2024] Open
Abstract
We introduce MosaicExplorerJ, an ImageJ macro to stitch 3D tiles from terabyte-size microscopy datasets organized on a regular 2D grid. As opposed to existing software, stitching does not require any prior information on the actual positions of the tiles, or conversion of raw TIFF images to a multi-resolution format for interactive exploration and fast processing. MosaicExplorerJ was specifically designed to process lightsheet microscopy datasets from optically cleared samples. It can handle multiple fluorescence channels, dual-sided lightsheet illumination and dual-sided camera detection.
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- Sébastien Tosi
- Institute for Research in Biomedicine - IRB Barcelona, the Barcelona Institute for Science and Technology - BIST, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute for Research in Biomedicine - IRB Barcelona, the Barcelona Institute for Science and Technology - BIST, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Developmental Biology, Instituto de Biología Molecular de Barcelona, CSIC, Barcelona, Spain
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- Departamento de Bioingeniería e Ingeniería Aeroespacial, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Leganés, Spain
- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
- CIBER de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Madrid, Spain
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- Institute for Research in Biomedicine - IRB Barcelona, the Barcelona Institute for Science and Technology - BIST, Barcelona, Spain
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Madison I, Melvin C, Buckner E, Williams C, Sozzani R, Long T. MAGIC: Live imaging of cellular division in plant seedlings using lightsheet microscopy. Methods Cell Biol 2020; 160:405-418. [PMID: 32896331 DOI: 10.1016/bs.mcb.2020.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Imaging technologies have been used to understand plant genetic and developmental processes, from the dynamics of gene expression to tissue and organ morphogenesis. Although the field has advanced incredibly in recent years, gaps remain in identifying fine and dynamic spatiotemporal intervals of target processes, such as changes to gene expression in response to abiotic stresses. Lightsheet microscopy is a valuable tool for such studies due to its ability to perform long-term imaging at fine intervals of time and at low photo-toxicity of live vertically oriented seedlings. In this chapter, we describe a detailed method for preparing and imaging Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings for lightsheet microscopy via a Multi-Sample Imaging Growth Chamber (MAGIC), which allows simultaneous imaging of at least four samples. This method opens new avenues for acquiring imaging data at a high temporal resolution, which can be eventually probed to identify key regulatory time points and any spatial dependencies of target developmental processes.
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- Imani Madison
- Plant and Microbial Biology Department, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States
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- Plant and Microbial Biology Department, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States
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- Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States
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- Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States
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- Plant and Microbial Biology Department, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States.
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- Plant and Microbial Biology Department, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States.
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Isaacson D, Shen J, Overland M, Li Y, Sinclair A, Cao M, McCreedy D, Calvert M, McDevitt T, Cunha GR, Baskin L. Three-dimensional imaging of the developing human fetal urogenital-genital tract: Indifferent stage to male and female differentiation. Differentiation 2018; 103:14-23. [PMID: 30262218 DOI: 10.1016/j.diff.2018.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2018] [Revised: 08/30/2018] [Accepted: 09/03/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Recent studies in our lab have utilized three imaging techniques to visualize the developing human fetal urogenital tract in three dimensions: optical projection tomography, scanning electron microscopy and lightsheet fluorescence microscopy. We have applied these technologies to examine changes in morphology and differential gene expression in developing human external genital specimens from the ambisexual stage (<9 weeks fetal age) to well-differentiated male and female organs (>13 weeks fetal age). This work outlines the history and function of each of these three imaging modalities, our methods to prepare specimens for each and the novel findings we have produced thus far. We believe the images in this paper of human fetal urogenital organs produced using lightsheet fluorescence microscopy are the first published to date.
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- Dylan Isaacson
- Department of Urology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Urology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Urology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Urology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Urology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Urology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- J. David Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA, USA; Histology and Light Microscopy Core, J. David Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- J. David Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Urology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Urology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA; Division of Pediatric Urology, University of California San Francisco Benioff Children's Hospital, 550 16th St, 5th Floor, Mission Hall Pediatric Urology, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.
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