圧力研磨技術は、SRのLockeryと共同で開発されました。

引っ張っピペットプーラーのようなフィラメントを使用すると、サッタはP - 97 /ブラウン微小電極プラーをフレーミング、約10〜20ピペットのセットを引き出します。 <ol><li>あなたのガラスを選択してください。我々は、ホウケイ酸（BF150 - 86 - 10、OD = 1.5 mm、内径0.86 mm）を使用してください。それは自由な汚れやほこりを保つように慎重にガラスを保管​​してください。 </li><li>引っ張ってプログラムを設計します。主な目標は、アプリケーションに依存する約希望のサイズを、開けるヒントです。サターのP - 97ピペットクックブック 2は優れたリファレンスです。 </li><li>開口径と滑らかさを決定するために顕微鏡下でピペットを守ってください。荒い、でこぼこ、または不規則なヒントを捨てる。標準のパッチクランプ記録の場合は、全体で2から4μmであるティップオープニングは最高です。鈍先端が好まれているのと同じ開口径、より低い抵抗値につながる。形状とサイズは以下に、研磨中に修正することができます。 </li></ol>圧力の研磨ピペット<ol><li>きれいな、圧縮空気ラインにピペットホルダーを取り付けます。レギュレータを使用して、〜40 PSIへの圧縮空気ラインの圧力を設定します。オンとオフにするピペットホルダーの圧力を可能にする4方向制御弁、圧縮空気ラインを接続します。タイゴンの⅛の長®チューブと制御弁にピペットホルダーを接続してください。 </li><li>高圧ピペットホルダー、フットペダル、低と高倍率、長作動距離（理想的には、10倍および100倍）空気の目標を装備した顕微鏡によって制御される研磨コイルで研磨リグ（マイクロフォージ）を使用してください。これは、プロトコル中にピペットの開口部を観察できることが重要です。 </li><li> オプション ：コート静電容量を減少させると（このテクニックのための&quot;引っ張るピペット&quot;を参照）ノイズ特性を向上させるために疎水性の絶縁体とのピペット。 </li><li>圧力弁がオフの位置にあることを確認します。ピペットホルダーにピペットを置き、指締めに金具を締めます。 安全上の注意 ：ピペットをピペットホルダーにしっかりと保持されている場合、空気の圧力がピペットをピペットホルダーから排出するようになります。 </li><li>マイクロフォージのピペットとホルダーを置きます。顕微鏡ステージ上に位置ピペットホルダーは、その先端と研磨コイルの両方は、マイクロフォージで低い（10倍）電源投入時に表示されていること。 〜75ミクロンのフィラメントからヒントをもたらす。加熱するとフィラメントが拡大することに留意してください。 </li><li>ハイパワー（100倍）目標に切り替えます。ピペットチップや研磨コイルの両方が焦点に、ビューのフィールドにしてください。されていない場合は、研磨コイルの高さを調整する。 （ピペットの位置を調整することができます）。ピペットチップや研磨コイルは、ビューのフィールドの反対側に近づける必要があります。それが加熱されると拡大して、ピペットにぶつかるだろうので、あまりピペットの先端に近いコイルを配置することは避けてください。 </li><li>ピペットに加圧空気を指示するためにバルブを回し、そして先端の後ろのテーパーが外側に膨らむし始めるまでピペットの先端を加熱する。 </li><li>先端があまりにも広範囲にバルーンの前に加熱を停止します。実験は、所望の形状のために適切な距離、熱、および時間を決定するために必要です。 </li><li> オプション ：圧力のない状態で先端を研磨することにより先端の開口径を小さくしてください。手順7と8は、微調整するために、ピペットチップの形状と大きさの両方を繰り返すことができる。 </li><li>圧力スイッチをオフにし、安全な方向にピペットチップを指さしながら、ピペットを削除し、それが埃から保護されるクリーンな収納ボックスに入れてください。 安全上の注意 ：空気の圧力がオフになっていない場合、ピペットを除去中にピペットホルダーから取り出すことができる。 </li></ol>マイクロフォージについてのメモ我々は、既製の市販の部品から組み立てマイクロフォージを使用してください。 （また、いくつかの企業、たとえば、ALA科学、GlassWorxから圧力研磨キットを購入することができます）。に関係なく、マイクロフォージの、それはしばしば直径数μmの先端の開口部を、見て十分な光学系を持つことが不可欠です。我々はこの目的のために長い作動距離100倍レンズを使用してください。また、コートオーダーの高融点ガラスによる研磨コイルは、ピペットで蒸発した金属を堆積最小限に抑えます。 パート3：予測される結果 適度な圧力の研磨は、直径を開くに明らかな変化なしにピペットの抵抗を減らすことができます。必要に応じて、このプロトコルは、510MΩの間にサブミクロンの開口部と抵抗とのピペットを作るために使用することができます。

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	<li>Goodman, M. B., Lockery, S. R. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=PubMed&cmd=Search&doptcmdl=Citation&defaultField=Title+Word&term=Pressure+polishing:+a+method+for+re-shaping+patch+pipettes+during+fire+polishing. .">Pressure polishing: a method for re-shaping patch pipettes during fire polishing. .</a> J Neurosci Methods. 100, 13-15 (2000).</li></ol>

私たちは、もともとCの 2〜3μmの神経細胞からパッチクランプ記録用ピペットを有用にするためにこの方法を開発エレガンス 1。それは、グッドマンの研究室で日常的に使用しています。我々は小さなCから録音用だけでなく、圧力、研磨ピペット線虫の神経細胞だけでなく、アフリカツメガエルの卵母細胞で発現するイオンチャネルのmacropatchとシングルチャネル記録を得る...

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pressure-polishing pipettes for improved patch-clamp recording

圧力研磨は、パッチクランプ記録用ガラスピペットを整形するための方法です。我々は、最初に小さな（&lt;3 m）のニューロン細胞体から記録に適したピペットを作製するためにこの方法を開発した。基本的なプリンシパルは、ガラス吹きと類似しており、従来のマイクロピペットプラーが作成したパッチピペットの形状を変更するには、空気の圧力と熱を兼ね備えています。それは、いわゆるソフト（ソーダ石灰）とハード（ホウケイ酸）ガラスに適用することができます。一般的に言えば、圧力の研磨は、先端開口部（グッドマンとLockery、2000）の直径を減少させることなく25％ピペット抵抗を減らすことができます。それはガラスのほぼすべてのタイプに適用され、高圧バルブとマイクロフォージへのフィッティングの添加のみを必要とすることができます。この手法は、超小型の細胞（&lt;5 m）からの録音に必須であり、またピペットの抵抗を最小限に抑えることで、シングルチャンネルの記録を向上させることができます。鈍形の穿孔のための利用可能な大規模な膜のブレブのこの先端形状の結果以降も穿孔、パッチクランプ記録するのに便利です。

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Pressure-polishing Pipettes for Improved Patch-clamp Recording

これは、ガラスマイクロピペットの形状を変更するためのガイドです。特に、熱や空気圧を使用してテーパーが低いピペットの抵抗につながる、先端の開口部を増やすことなく広げている。これは、小さな細胞の低ノイズ記録を取得することが重要ですが、多くのアプリケーションで有用です。

改善されたパッチクランプ記録のための圧力 - 研磨ピペット

Pressure-polishing is a method for shaping glass pipettes for patch-clamp recording.  We first developed this method for fabricating pipettes suitable for ...

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12.9K ビュー.  Stanford University School of Medicine. これは、ガラスマイクロピペットの形状を変更するためのガイドです。特に、熱や空気圧を使用してテーパーが低いピペットの抵抗につながる、先端の開口部を増やすことなく広げている。これは、小さな細胞の低ノイズ記録を取得することが重要ですが、多くのアプリケーションで有用です。

ビデオ: Pressure-polishing Pipettes for Improved Patch-clamp Recording

Methods for Patch Clamp Capacitance Recordings from the Calyx

We demonstrate the basic techniques for presynaptic patch clamp recording at the calyx of Held, a mammalian central nervous system nerve terminal. Electrical recordings from the presynaptic terminal allow the measurement of action potentials, calcium channel currents, vesicle fusion (exocytosis) and subsequent membrane uptake (endocytosis). The fusion of vesicles containing neurotransmitter causes the vesicle membrane to be added to the cell membrane of the calyx. This increase in the amount of cell membrane is measured as an increase in capacitance. The subsequent reduction in capacitance indicates endocytosis, the process of membrane uptake or removal from the calyx membrane. Endocytosis, is necessary to maintain the structure of the calyx and it is also necessary to form vesicles that will be filled with neurotransmitter for future exocytosis events. Capacitance recordings at the calyx of Held have made it possible to directly and rapidly measure vesicular release and subsequent endocytosis in a mammalian CNS nerve terminal. In addition, the corresponding postsynaptic activity can be simultaneously measured by using paired recordings. Thus a complete picture of the presynaptic and postsynaptic electrical activity at a central nervous system synapse is achievable using this preparation. Here, the methods for slice preparation, morphological features for identification of calyces of Held, basic patch clamping techniques, and examples of capacitance recordings to measure exocytosis and endocytosis are presented.

We demonstrate the basic techniques for presynaptic patch clamp recording at the calyx of Held, a mammalian central nervous system nerve terminal.

がくからパッチクランプの静電容量の録音のための方法

We demonstrate the basic techniques for presynaptic patch clamp recording at the calyx of Held, a mammalian central nervous system nerve terminal. ...

生物学

Patch Clamp Recording of Ion Channels Expressed in  Xenopus Oocytes

Since its development by Sakmann and Neher 1, 2, the patch clamp has become established as an extremely useful technique for electrophysiological measurement of single or multiple ion channels in cells. This technique can be applied to ion channels in both their native environment and expressed in heterologous cells, such as oocytes harvested from the African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis. Here, we describe the well-established technique of patch clamp recording from Xenopus oocytes. This technique is used to measure the properties of expressed ion channels either in populations (macropatch) or individually (single-channel recording). We focus on techniques to maximize the quality of oocyte preparation and seal generation. With all factors optimized, this technique gives a probability of successful seal generation over 90 percent. The process may be optimized differently by every researcher based on the factors he or she finds most important, and we present the approach that have lead to the greatest success in our hands.

This is intended as an introduction to patch clamp recording from Xenopus laevis oocytes. It covers vitelline membrane removal, formation of a gigaohm seal (gigaseal), and the optional conversion of the patch to the outside-out topology.

アフリカツメガエルの卵母細胞で発現イオンチャネルのパッチクランプ記録

Since its development by Sakmann and Neher 1, 2, the patch clamp has become established as an extremely useful technique for electrophysiological ...

Making Patch-pipettes and Sharp Electrodes with a Programmable Puller

Glass microelectrodes (also called pipettes) have been a workhorse of electrophysiology for decades. Today, such pipettes are made from glass capillaries using a programmable puller. Such instruments heat the capillary using either a metal filament or a laser and draw out the glass using gravity, a motor or both. Pipettes for patch-clamp recording are formed using only heat and gravity, while sharp electrodes for intracellular recording use a combination of heat, gravity, and a motor. The procedure used to make intracellular recording pipettes is similar to that used to make injection needles for a variety of applications, including cRNA injection into Xenopus oocytes. In general, capillary glass &lt;1.2 mm in diameter is used to make pipettes for patch clamp recording, while narrower glass is used for intracellular recording (outer diameter = 1.0 mm). For each tool, the puller is programmed slightly differently. This video shows how to make both kinds of recording pipettes using pre-established puller programs.

This video shows how to use a programmable puller to make patch pipettes and sharp electrodes for electrophysiology. The same procedure can be used to make a variety of glass tools, including injection needles.

パッチピペットおよびプログラマブルプラーとシャープ電極作成

Glass microelectrodes (also called pipettes) have been a workhorse of electrophysiology for decades.  Today, such pipettes are made from glass capillaries ...

Patch Clamp and Perfusion Techniques for Studying Ion Channels Expressed in Xenopus oocytes

The protocol presented here is designed to study the activation of the large conductance, voltage- and Ca2+-activated K+ (BK) channels. The protocol may also be used to study the structure-function relationship for other ion channels and neurotransmitter receptors1. BK channels are widely expressed in different tissues and have been implicated in many physiological functions, including regulation of smooth muscle contraction, frequency tuning of inner hair cells and regulation of neurotransmitter release2-6. BK channels are activated by membrane depolarization and by intracellular Ca2+ and Mg2+ 6-9. Therefore, the protocol is designed to control both the membrane voltage and the intracellular solution. In this protocol, messenger RNA of BK channels is injected into Xenopus laevis oocytes (stage V-VI) followed by 2-5 days of incubation at 18&deg;C10-13. Membrane patches that contain single or multiple BK channels are excised with the inside-out configuration using patch clamp techniques10-13. The intracellular side of the patch is perfused with desired solutions during recording so that the channel activation under different conditions can be examined. To summarize, the mRNA of BK channels is injected into Xenopus laevis oocytes to express channel proteins on the oocyte membrane; patch clamp techniques are used to record currents flowing through the channels under controlled voltage and intracellular solutions.

Patch Clamp and Perfusion Techniques for Studying Ion Channels Expressed in Xenopus oocytes

Ionic current of BK channels is recorded using patch clamp techniques. BK channels are expressed in Xenopus oocytes by injecting messenger RNA. The intracellular solution during patch clamp recordings is controlled by a perfusion system.

イオンチャネル研究のためのパッチクランプおよび灌流のテクニックで表さアフリカツメガエル卵母細胞

The protocol presented here is designed to study the activation of the large conductance, voltage- and Ca2+-activated K+ (BK) channels. The protocol may ...

Aseptic Laboratory Techniques: Volume Transfers with Serological Pipettes and Micropipettors

Microorganisms are everywhere - in the air, soil, and human body as well as on inanimate surfaces like laboratory benches and computer keyboards. The ubiquity of microbes creates a copious supply of potential contaminants in a laboratory. To ensure experimental success, the number of contaminants on equipment and work surfaces must be minimized. Common among many experiments in microbiology are techniques involving the measurement and transfer of cultures containing bacterial cells or viral particles. To do so without contacting non-sterile surfaces or contaminating sterile media requires (1) preparing a sterile workspace, (2) precisely setting and accurately reading instruments for aseptic transfer of liquids, and (3) properly manipulating instruments, cultures flasks, bottles and tubes within a sterile field. Learning these procedures calls for training and practice. At first, actions should be slow, deliberate, and controlled with the goal being for aseptic technique to become second nature when working at the bench. Here we present the steps for measuring volumes using serological pipettes and micropipettors within a sterile field created by a Bunsen burner. Volumes range from microliters (&mu;l) to milliliters (ml) depending on the instrument used. Liquids commonly transferred include sterile broth or chemical solutions as well as bacterial cultures and phage stocks. By following these procedures, students should be able to: &#8226;Work within the sterile field created by the Bunsen burner flame. &#8226;Use serological pipettes without compromising instrument sterility.&#8226; Aspirate liquids with serological pipettes, precisely reading calibrated volumes by aligning the meniscus formed by the liquid to the graduation marks on the pipette. &#8226;Keep culture bottles, flasks, tubes and their respective caps sterile during liquid transfers. &#8226;Identify different applications for plastic versus glass serological pipettes. &#8226;State accuracy limitations for micropipettors. &#8226;Precisely and accurately set volumes on micropipettors. &#8226;Know how to properly use the first and second stop on a micropipettor to aspirate and transfer correct volumes.

When working in a laboratory, it is imperative to minimize sources of contamination. Aseptic technique refers to procedures that permit transfer of cultures and reagents while avoiding contact with non-sterile surfaces. Serological pipettes and micropipettors are used to measure precise volumes without compromising sterility of solutions used in experiments.

無菌室のテクニック：血清ピペットMicropipettorsのボリュームを転送

Microorganisms are everywhere - in the air, soil, and human body as well as on inanimate surfaces like laboratory benches and computer keyboards. The ...

Exploring Arterial Smooth Muscle Kv7 Potassium Channel Function using Patch Clamp Electrophysiology and Pressure Myography

Contraction or relaxation of smooth muscle cells within the walls of resistance arteries determines the artery diameter and thereby controls flow of blood through the vessel and contributes to systemic blood pressure. The contraction process is regulated primarily by cytosolic calcium concentration ([Ca2+]cyt), which is in turn controlled by a variety of ion transporters and channels. Ion channels are common intermediates in signal transduction pathways activated by vasoactive hormones to effect vasoconstriction or vasodilation. And ion channels are often targeted by therapeutic agents either intentionally (e.g. calcium channel blockers used to induce vasodilation and lower blood pressure) or unintentionally (e.g. to induce unwanted cardiovascular side effects).
Kv7 (KCNQ) voltage-activated potassium channels have recently been implicated as important physiological and therapeutic targets for regulation of smooth muscle contraction. To elucidate the specific roles of Kv7 channels in both physiological signal transduction and in the actions of therapeutic agents, we need to study how their activity is modulated at the cellular level as well as evaluate their contribution in the context of the intact artery.
The rat mesenteric arteries provide a useful model system. The arteries can be easily dissected, cleaned of connective tissue, and used to prepare isolated arterial myocytes for patch clamp electrophysiology, or cannulated and pressurized for measurements of vasoconstrictor/vasodilator responses under relatively physiological conditions. Here we describe the methods used for both types of measurements and provide some examples of how the experimental design can be integrated to provide a clearer understanding of the roles of these ion channels in the regulation of vascular tone.

Measurements of Kv7 (KCNQ) potassium channel activity in isolated arterial myocytes (using patch clamp electrophysiological techniques) in parallel with measurements of constrictor/dilator responses (using pressure myography) can reveal important information about the roles of Kv7 channels in vascular smooth muscle physiology and pharmacology.

パッチクランプ電気生理学および圧力筋運動記録法を用いた動脈平滑筋KV7カリウムチャネル機能を探る

Contraction  or relaxation of smooth muscle cells within the walls of resistance arteries  determines the artery diameter and thereby controls flow of ...

Giant Liposome Preparation for Imaging and Patch-Clamp Electrophysiology

The reconstitution of ion channels into chemically defined lipid membranes for electrophysiological recording has been a powerful technique to identify and explore the function of these important proteins. However, classical preparations, such as planar bilayers, limit the manipulations and experiments that can be performed on the reconstituted channel and its membrane environment. The more cell-like structure of giant liposomes permits traditional patch-clamp experiments without sacrificing control of the lipid environment.
Electroformation is an efficient mean to produce giant liposomes &gt;10 &mu;m in diameter which relies on the application of alternating voltage to a thin, ordered lipid film deposited on an electrode surface. However, since the classical protocol calls for the lipids to be deposited from organic solvents, it is not compatible with less robust membrane proteins like ion channels and must be modified. Recently, protocols have been developed to electroform giant liposomes from partially dehydrated small liposomes, which we have adapted to protein-containing liposomes in our laboratory.
We present here the background, equipment, techniques, and pitfalls of electroformation of giant liposomes from small liposome dispersions. We begin with the classic protocol, which should be mastered first before attempting the more challenging protocols that follow. We demonstrate the process of controlled partial dehydration of small liposomes using vapor equilibrium with saturated salt solutions. Finally, we demonstrate the process of electroformation itself. We will describe simple, inexpensive equipment that can be made in-house to produce high-quality liposomes, and describe visual inspection of the preparation at each stage to ensure the best results.

Reconstituting functional membrane proteins into giant liposomes of defined composition is a powerful approach when combined with patch-clamp electrophysiology. However, conventional giant liposome production may be incompatible with protein stability. We describe protocols for producing giant liposomes from pure lipids or small liposomes containing ion channels.

イメージングとパッチクランプ電気生理学用ジャイアントリポソーム製剤

The reconstitution of ion channels into chemically defined lipid membranes for electrophysiological recording has been a powerful technique to identify ...

One-channel Cell-attached Patch-clamp Recording

Ion channel proteins are universal devices for fast communication across biological membranes. The temporal signature of the ionic flux they generate depends on properties intrinsic to each channel protein as well as the mechanism by which it is generated and controlled and represents an important area of current research. Information about the operational dynamics of ion channel proteins can be obtained by observing long stretches of current produced by a single molecule. Described here is a protocol for obtaining one-channel cell-attached patch-clamp current recordings for a ligand gated ion channel, the NMDA receptor, expressed heterologously in HEK293 cells or natively in cortical neurons. Also provided are instructions on how to adapt the method to other ion channels of interest by presenting the example of the mechano-sensitive channel PIEZO1. This method can provide data regarding the channel&#8217;s conductance properties and the temporal sequence of open-closed conformations that make up the channel&#8217;s activation mechanism, thus helping to understand their functions in health and disease.

Described here is a procedure for obtaining long stretches of current recording from one ion channel with the cell-attached patch-clamp technique. This method allows for observing, in real time, the pattern of open-close channel conformations that underlie the biological signal. These data inform about channel properties in undisturbed biological membranes.

一チャネルセル付パッチクランプ法

Ion channel proteins are universal devices for fast communication across biological membranes. The temporal signature of the ionic flux they generate ...

Reconstitution of a Transmembrane Protein, the Voltage-gated Ion Channel, KvAP, into Giant Unilamellar Vesicles for Microscopy and Patch Clamp Studies

Giant Unilamellar Vesicles (GUVs) are a popular biomimetic system for studying membrane associated phenomena. However, commonly used protocols to grow GUVs must be modified in order to form GUVs containing functional transmembrane proteins. This article describes two dehydration-rehydration methods &#8212; electroformation and gel-assisted swelling &#8212; to form GUVs containing the voltage-gated potassium channel, KvAP. In both methods, a solution of protein-containing small unilamellar vesicles is partially dehydrated to form a stack of membranes, which is then allowed to swell in a rehydration buffer. For the electroformation method, the film is deposited on platinum electrodes so that an AC field can be applied during film rehydration. In contrast, the gel-assisted swelling method uses an agarose gel substrate to enhance film rehydration. Both methods can produce GUVs in low (e.g., 5 mM) and physiological (e.g., 100 mM) salt concentrations. The resulting GUVs are characterized via fluorescence microscopy, and the function of reconstituted channels measured using the inside-out patch-clamp configuration. While swelling in the presence of an alternating electric field (electroformation) gives a high yield of defect-free GUVs, the gel-assisted swelling method produces a more homogeneous protein distribution and requires no special equipment.

The reconstitution of the transmembrane protein, KvAP, into giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) is demonstrated for two dehydration-rehydration methods &#8212; electroformation, and gel-assisted swelling. In both methods, small unilamellar vesicles containing the protein are fused together to form GUVs that can then be studied by fluorescence microscopy and patch-clamp electrophysiology.

膜貫通タンパク質の再構成、顕微鏡およびパッチクランプ研究のための巨大単膜小胞への電位依存性イオンチャネル、KvAP、

Giant Unilamellar Vesicles (GUVs) are a popular biomimetic system for studying membrane associated phenomena. However, commonly used protocols to grow ...

Implementing Patch Clamp and Live Fluorescence Microscopy to Monitor Functional Properties of Freshly Isolated PKD Epithelium

Cyst initiation and expansion during polycystic kidney disease is a complex process characterized by abnormalities in tubular cell proliferation, luminal fluid accumulation and extracellular matrix formation. Activity of ion channels and intracellular calcium signaling are key physiologic parameters which determine functions of tubular epithelium. We developed a method suitable for real-time observation of ion channels activity with patch-clamp technique and registration of intracellular Ca2+ level in epithelial monolayers freshly isolated from renal cysts. PCK rats, a genetic model of autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD), were used here for ex vivo analysis of ion channels and calcium flux. Described here is a detailed step-by-step procedure designed to isolate cystic monolayers and non-dilated tubules from PCK or normal Sprague Dawley (SD) rats, and monitor single channel activity and intracellular Ca2+ dynamics. This method does not require enzymatic processing and allows analysis in a native setting of freshly isolated epithelial monolayer. Moreover, this technique is very sensitive to intracellular calcium changes and generates high resolution images for precise measurements. Finally, isolated cystic epithelium can be further used for staining with antibodies or dyes, preparation of primary cultures and purification for various biochemical assays.

Ion channels expressed in renal tubular epithelium play a significant role in the pathology of polycystic kidney disease. Here we describe experimental protocols used to perform patch-clamp analysis and intracellular calcium level measurements in cystic epithelium freshly isolated from rodent kidneys.

新たに単離したPKD上皮の機能的特性を監視するためにパッチクランプし、ライブ蛍光顕微鏡を実装

Cyst initiation and expansion during polycystic kidney disease is a complex process characterized by abnormalities in tubular cell proliferation, luminal ...