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Confocal/two-photon microscopy in studying colonisation of cancer cells in bone using xenograft mouse models

Gloria Allocca, Anjali P Kusumbe, Saravana K Ramasamy and Ning Wang

Confocal and two-photon microscopy has been widely used in bone research to not only produce high quality, three-dimensional images but also to provide valuable structural and quantitative information. In this article,wedescribe step-by-step protocols for confocal and two-photon microscopy to investigate earlier cellular events during colonisation of cancer cells in bone using xenograft mouse models. This includes confocal/two-photon microscopy imaging of paraformaldehyde fixed thick bone sections and frozen bone samples.

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Gloria Allocca
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Ning Wang
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