title: Modern fluorescent techniques to investigate the mechanisms of lymphocyte activation.
abstract: Fluorescent proteins are promising toolsfor studying intracellular signaling processes in lymphocytes. This brief review summarizes fluorescence-based imaging techniques developed in recent years and discusses new methodological advances, such as fluorescent photoswitches, fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP), fluorescent resonance energy transfer (FRET), fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM), photoactivated localization microscopy (PALM), stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy (STORM), stimulated emission depletion (STED), total internal reflection fluorescence (TIRF) and other techiques. This survey also highlights recent advances in vitro imaging of live tissues, novel applications of flow cytometry with genetically modifed fluorescent proteins, and future prospects for the development of new immunological test systems based on fluorescent protein technology.
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Liubchenko
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Moriev
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Kholodna
mesh_terms: D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D036681:Fluorescence Recovery After Photobleaching; D031541:Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer; D015870:Gene Expression; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology*; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D061848:Optical Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins