Nature Communications (Dec 2017)

Longitudinal intravital imaging of the femoral bone marrow reveals plasticity within marrow vasculature

  • David Reismann,
  • Jonathan Stefanowski,
  • Robert Günther,
  • Asylkhan Rakhymzhan,
  • Romano Matthys,
  • Reto Nützi,
  • Sandra Zehentmeier,
  • Katharina Schmidt-Bleek,
  • Georg Petkau,
  • Hyun-Dong Chang,
  • Sandra Naundorf,
  • York Winter,
  • Fritz Melchers,
  • Georg Duda,
  • Anja E. Hauser,
  • Raluca A. Niesner

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01538-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Longitudinal imaging of bone marrow would shed insight into long-term cellular dynamics within this compartment. Here, the authors develop a multi-photon imaging approach for the mouse femur and reveal extensive vascular plasticity within the bone marrow during bone healing and steady-state homeostasis.