Southern Medical University (China)

1 ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN JoVE

Immunology and Infection

Intravital Imaging of Neutrophil Priming Using IL-1β Promoter-driven DsRed Reporter Mice

Yi Yao^1,2, Yun Liu^1,3, Akira Takashima¹

¹Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, ²Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, ³Department of Pathophysiology, Southern Medical University (China)

This current protocol employs fluorescent reporters, in vivo labeling, and intravital imaging techniques to enable monitoring of the dynamic process of neutrophil priming in living animals.