Inflammation in 3D.
Our view of the response to infection is limited by current methodologies, which provide minimal spatial information on the systemic inflammatory response. In this issue, Attia et al. (2012) describe a cutting-edge approach to image the inflammatory response to infection, which includes identification of host proteins in three dimensions.
Laboratory of Human Bacterial Pathogenesis, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, MT 59840, USA.
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