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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jan 5.
Published in final edited form as: J Vis Exp. 2022 Jan 5;(179):10.3791/62757. doi: 10.3791/62757

Figure 6: The silicone window demonstrates high tolerability and longevity.

Figure 6:

(A) A representative image of a male, 7-week old C57BL/6J mouse with a ventral abdominal imaging window without a grid 11 days after window surgery. (B) A representative image of a male 7-week old C57BL/6J mouse with a pancreatic imaging window containing a grid 14 days after window surgery. (C) A representative image of a female 12-week old C57BL/6J c-fms-EGFP mouse with a mammary gland imaging window containing a grid >7 days after window surgery. (D) Liver imaging window in a male 7-week old c-fms-EGFP mouse photographed (top row) and imaged (bottom row) on Day 0 (immediately after surgery) and 35 days post-surgery. Removing the appropriate amount of skin and sealing the wound with glue prevents the skin from re-epithelizing and pushing the window up and out, allowing the organ to be imaged long-term. Scale bars = 30 μm.