Communications Biology (Oct 2021)

Intravital imaging strategy FlyVAB reveals the dependence of Drosophila enteroblast differentiation on the local physiology

  • Ruizhi Tang,
  • Peizhong Qin,
  • Xiqiu Liu,
  • Song Wu,
  • Ruining Yao,
  • Guangjun Cai,
  • Junjun Gao,
  • You Wu,
  • Zheng Guo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02757-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Tang et. al. demonstrate a 3Dprinted platform, FlyVAB, for intravital imaging and visualization of the Drosophila posterior midgut at a single-cell level. This method enables tracking of the stem cell lineage in the midgut of the flies constantly for up to 10 days.