Cryo-X-Ray Phase Contrast Imaging Enables Combined 3D Structural Quantification and Nucleic Acid Analysis of Myocardial Biopsies.

ABSTRACT: Snap-frozen biopsies serve as a valuable clinical resource of archival material for disease research, as they enable a comprehensive array of downstream analyses to be performed, including extraction and sequencing of nucleic acids. Obtaining three-dimensional (3D) structural information before multi-omics is more challenging but can potentially allow for better characterization of tissues and targeting of clinically relevant cells. Conventional histological techniques are limited in this regard due to their destructive nature and the reconstruction artifacts produced by sectioning, dehydration, and chemical processing. These limitations are particularly notable in soft tissues such as the heart. In this study, the feasibility of using synchrotron-based cryo-X-ray phase contrast imaging (c

SUBMITTER: Li KYC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11672302 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature