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ReviewMicroscopy (Oxford, England)2025

Unlocking the potential of large-scale 3D imaging with tissue clearing techniques.

Etsuo A Susaki

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Review in Microscopy (Oxford, England), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Etsuo A SusakiDepartment of Biochemistry and Systems Biomedicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-5621-7311

Funding

Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development JP21ak0101181 JP21wm0425003 JP22ama221517Japan Science and Technology Agency JPMJCR23B7Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 23K20044 JP22H02824 JP22H04926Nakatani Foundation for Advancement of Measuring Technologies in Biomedical EngineeringUehara Memorial Foundation
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The three-dimensional (3D) anatomical structure of living organisms is intrinsically linked to their functions, yet modern life sciences have not fully explored this aspect. Recently, the combination of efficient tissue clearing techniques and light-sheet fluorescence microscopy for rapid 3D imaging has improved access to 3D spatial information in biological systems. This technology has found applications in various fields, including neuroscience, cancer research and clinical histopathology, leading to significant insights. It allows imaging of entire organs or even whole bodies of animals and humans at multiple scales. Moreover, it enables a form of spatial omics by capturing and analyzing cellome information, which represents the complete spatial organization of cells. While current 3D imaging of cleared tissues has limitations in obtaining sufficient molecular information, emerging technologies such as multi-round tissue staining and super-multicolor imaging are expected to address these constraints. 3D imaging using tissue clearing and light-sheet microscopy thus offers a valuable research tool in the current and future life sciences for acquiring and analyzing large-scale biological spatial information.

Indexed as

Imaging, Three-DimensionalAnimalsHumansMicroscopy, Fluorescencecellomicslarge data analysislight-sheet fluorescence microscopythree-dimensional imagingthree-dimensional spatial omicstissue clearing

Identifiers

PMID39340314
PMCPMC12203224

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