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. 2022 Sep 12;13:5239. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-32848-2

Fig. 2. Whole-organ 3D imaging of mouse lymphatic vessels.

Fig. 2

a The 3D whole-organ images of mouse lymphatic vessels in the lung, brain, intestine, heart, kidney, stomach, pancreas, and eye. Prox1-GFP mice (2-4 months) were sacrificed and subjected to CUBIC procedures as shown in Fig. 1a. To enhance the signals from Prox1-GFP, samples were stained with anti-GFP antibody (Z = 10 μm step, digital zoom; lung, brain, stomach, and pancreas 1.25, intestine and kidney: 1.6, heart: 2.0, eye: 4.0). The enlarged 3D images (white insets) are shown in the bottom. b The enlarged 3D images of the heart and eye shown in (a). c, d Simultaneous visualization of blood and lymphatic vessels in the stomach and intestine. VE-cad-tdTomato-Prox1-GFP mice (2-4 months) were sacrificed, and samples were subjected to CUBIC procedures. The 3D whole-stomach (c) and intestine (d) images are shown. The enlarged images of white insets are shown next to whole-organ images. The 2D images (XY) are also shown in the right panel (Z = 10 μm step, digital zoom; stomach: 1.25, intestine: 1.6 and 6.3).