Abstract
Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is a common liver disorder caused by fatty liver. Because NASH is associated with fibrotic and morphological changes in liver tissue, a direct imaging technique is required for accurate staging of liver tissue. For this purpose, in this study we took advantage of two label-free optical imaging techniques, second harmonic generation (SHG) and auto-fluorescence (AF), using two-photon excitation microscopy (TPEM). Three-dimensional ex vivo imaging of tissues from NASH model mice, followed by image processing, revealed that SHG and AF are sufficient to quantitatively characterize the hepatic capsule at an early stage and parenchymal morphologies associated with liver disease progression, respectively.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 277-283 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports |
Volume | 8 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2016/12/01 |
Keywords
- Collagen
- Fibrosis
- Fluorescence imaging
- NASH
- SHG
- Two-photon excitation microscopy
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biophysics
- Biochemistry
- Cell Biology