Live-Cell Imaging Literature References

The technique of imaging living cells on the microscope stage has become an increasingly useful tool with the emergence of synthetic fluorophores and fluorescent proteins to serve as qualitative and quantitative reporters of intracellular structure and dynamics. Live-cell imaging now spans multiple modalities, including widefield (fluorescence, phase contrast, and differential interference contrast), laser scanning confocal, multiphoton, and spinning disk microscopy. This section features a bibliography of literature sources for books, review articles, and the original research reports on the wide spectrum of methodologies currently being implemented for studying living cells.

Recommended Literature

Frigault, M. M., Lacoste, J., Swift, J. L. and Brown, C. M. Live-cell microscopy: Tips and tools.Journal of Cell Science 122: 753-767 (2009).
Stephens, D. J. and Allan, V. J. Light microscopy techniques for live cell imaging. Science300: 82-86 (2003).
Hinchcliffe, E. H. Using long-term time-lapse imaging of mammalian cell cycle progression for laboratory instruction and analysis. Cell Biology Education 4: 284-290 (2005).
Khodjakov, A. and Rieder, C. L. Imaging the division process in living tissue culture cells.Methods 38: 2-16 (2006).
Rieder, C. L. and Khodjakov, A. Mitosis Through the Microscope: Advances in seeing inside live dividing cells. Science 300: 91-96 (2003).
Terryn, C., Bonnomet, A., Cutrona, J., Coraux, C., Tournier, J. M., Nawrocki-Raby, B., Polette, M., Birembaut, P. and Zahm, J. M. Video-microscopic imaging of cell spatio-temporal dispersion and migration. Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology 69: 144-152 (2009).
Landecker, H. Seeing things: From microcinematography to live cell imaging. Nature Methods 6: 707-709 (2009).

Additional Literature Sources

Bakota, L. and Brandt, R. Live-cell imaging in the study of neurodegeneration. International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology 276: 49-103 (2009).
Chow, S. K., Hakozaki, H., Price, D. L., Maclean, N. A. B., Deerinck, T. J., Bouwer, J. C., Martone, M. E., Peltier, S. T., and Ellisman, M. H. Automated microscopy system for mosaic acquisition and processing. Journal of Microscopy 222: 76-84 (2006).
Day, R. N. Imaging protein behavior inside the living cell. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology 230: 1-6 (2005).
Day, R. N. and Schaufele, F. Imaging molecular interactions in living cells. Molecular Endocrinology 19: 1675-1686 (2005).
Delaney, S. Environmental control for live cell imaging. Imaging and Microscopy 7: 40-41 (2005).
Dormann, D. and Weijer, C. J. Imaging of cell migration. EMBO Journal 25: 3480-3493 (2006).
Dunn, G. A. and Jones, G. E. Cell Motility Under the Microscope: Vorsprung durch Technik.Nature Reviews 5: 667-672 (2004).
Emptage, N. J. Fluorescent imaging in living systems. Current Opinion in Pharmacology 1:521-525 (2001).
Fleming, S. L. and Rieder, C. L. Flattening Drosophila cells for high-resolution microscopic studies of mitosis in vitro. Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton 56: 141-146 (2003).
Fletcher, D. A. and Theriot, J. A. An introduction to cell motility for the physical scientist.Physical Biology 1: T1-T10 (2004).
Gerlich, D., Mattes, J., and Eils, R. Quantitative motion analysis and visualization of cellular structures. Methods 29: 3-13 (2003).
Hamilton, N. Quantification and its applications in fluorescent microscopy imaging. Traffic10: 951-961 (2009).
Haraguchi, T. Live Cell Imaging: Approaches for studying protein dynamics in living cells.Cell Structure and Function 27: 333-334 (2002).
Heidemann, S. R., Lamoureux, P., Ngo, K., Reynolds, M., and Buxbaum, R. E. Open-dish incubator for live cell imaging with an inverted microscope. BioTechniques 35: 708-716 (2003).
Kohlwein, S. D. The beauty of the yeast: Live cell microscopy at the limits of optical resolution. Microscopy Research and Technique 51: 511-529 (2000).
Landry, S., McGhee, P. L., Girardin, R. J., and Keeler, W. J. Monitoring Live Cell Viability: Comparative study of fluorescence, oblique incidence reflection and phase contrast microscopy imaging techniques. Optics Express 12: 5754-5759 (2004).
Lichtman, J. W. and Fraser, S. E. The Neuronal Naturalist: Watching neurons in their native habitat. Nature Neuroscience 4: 1215-1220 (2001).
Maddox, P. An introduction to live cell fluorescence imaging. American Laboratory 32: 30-35 (2000).
Mironov, A. A. and Beznoussenko, G. N. Correlative microscopy: A potent tool for the study of rare or unique cellular and tissue events. Journal of Microscopy 235: 308-321 (2009).
Niell, C. M. and Smith, S. J. Live optical imaging of nervous system development. Annual Review of Physiology 66: 771-798 (2004).
Potter, S. M. and DeMarse, T. B. A new approach to neural cell culture for long-term studies.Journal of Neuroscience Methods 110: 17-24 (2001).
Rabut, G. and Ellenberg, J. Automatic real-time three-dimensional cell tracking by fluorescence microscopy. Journal of Microscopy 216: 131-137 (2004).
Rizzuto, R., Carrington, W., and Tuft, R. A. Digital imaging microscopy of living cells. Trends in Cell Biology 8: 288-292 (1998).
Roux, P., Munter, S., Frischknecht, F., Herbomel, P., and Shorte, S. L. Focusing light on infection in four dimensions. Cellular Microbiology 6: 333-343 (2004).
Shaw, S. L. Imaging the live plant cell. The Plant Journal 45: 573-598 (2006).
Tseng, Y., Kole, T. P., and Wirtz, D. Micromechanical mapping of live cells by multiple-particle-tracking microrheology. Biophysical Journal 83: 3162-3176 (2002).
Watson, P. Live cell imaging for target and drug discovery. Drug News and Perspectives22: 69-79 (2009).
Wilt, B. A., Burns, L. D., Ho, E. T. W., Ghosh, K. K., Mukamel, E. A. and Schnitzer, M. J. Advances in light microscopy for neuroscience. Annual Review of Neuroscience 32: 435-506 (2009).
Wouters, F. S., Verveer, P. J., and Bastiaens, P. I. H. Imaging biochemistry inside cells.Trends in Cell Biology 11: 203-211 (2001).
Xia, J., Kin, S. H., Macmillan, S., and Truant, R. Practical three color live cell imaging by widefield microscopy. Biological Proceedures Online 8: 63-68 (2006)

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