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Arndt Meyer
University Oldenburg
Germany
A warholesque montage of mouse AII amacrine cells, crucial interneurons of the rod pathway. This cell was dye-injected, and the confocal micrograph was color-coded for depth in the retina using various color schemes.
Ana Raquel Santiago
Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra
Portugal
NO producing cellMicroglial cells are the immune cells of the retina,, constantly surveying the environment. Upon noxious stimuli, microgial cells upregulate pro-inflammatory mediators and produce large amounts of nitric oxide by upregulating the inducible isoform of nitric oxide synthase (iNOS).The picture shows a purified retinal microglial cells in culture (identified with an antibody anti-CD11b, red) and its expression iNOS (identified in green). Nuclei are shown in blue. The image was acquired using a Zeiss LSM 710 confocal on an Axio Observer Z1 microscope using an EC Plan-Neofluar 40x/1.30 Oil DIC M27 objective.
Maria Helena Madeira
IBILI - Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra
Portugal
Microglia-mediated inflammatory response is a common link in the development of retinal degenerative diseases, such as glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy and age-related macular degeneration. The picture shows cultured retinal microglial cells (identified with an antibody anti-CD11b, red) after incubation with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) to trigger microglia activation. The incubation with LPS leads to increased expression of the inducible isoform of nitric oxide synthase (iNOS; green). Nuclei are shown in blue. The image was acquired using a Zeiss LSM 710 confocal on an Axio Observer Z1 microscope using an EC Plan-Neofluar 40x/1.30 Oil DIC M27 objective.
Angela Chappell
Ophthalmology Department, Flinders Medical Centre
Australia
Web-like Deposit on IOL: These deposits on an intra-ocular lens are thought to be a fibrin and pigment membrane caused by some kind of immunologic reaction to cataract surgery.
Dr Gerrit Hilgen
Newcastle university, Institute of Neuroscience
United Kingdom
Retinal ganglion cells (mouse) expressing Channelrhodopsin 2 (tagged with YFP). Basic research for restoring vision. Note: looks like a spider in their web