An open-access volume electron microscopy atlas of whole cells and tissues
Xu CS, Pang S, Shtengel G, Müller A, Ritter AT, Hoffman HK, Takemura SY, Lu Z, Pasolli HA, Iyer N, Chung J, Bennett D, Weigel AV, Freeman M, van Engelenburg SB, Walther TC, Farese RV, Lippincott-Schwartz J, Mellman I, Solimena M, Hess HF. An open-access volume electron microscopy atlas of whole cells and tissues. Nature 2021, 599: 147-151. PMID: 34616045, PMCID: PMC9004664, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-03992-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCell LineCells, CulturedDatasets as TopicDrosophila melanogasterFemaleGolgi ApparatusHumansInformation DisseminationInterphaseIslets of LangerhansMaleMiceMicroscopy, Electron, ScanningMicrotubulesNeurogliaNeuronsOpen Access PublishingOrganellesOvarian NeoplasmsRibosomesSynaptic VesiclesT-Lymphocytes, CytotoxicConceptsDrosophila neural tissueWhole cellsThin-section electron microscopyVolume electron microscopyCellular architectureMouse pancreatic isletsCancer cellsEM tomographyCellular structureCellsCellular samplesNeural tissuePancreatic isletsEnhanced signal detectionAtlasBeam-scanning electron microscopyTissueElectron microscopyOpen access dataBiologyImmune cellsSubsequent analysisSEM scanningMicroscopy3D FIB-SEM reconstruction of microtubule–organelle interaction in whole primary mouse β cells
Müller A, Schmidt D, Xu CS, Pang S, D’Costa J, Kretschmar S, Münster C, Kurth T, Jug F, Weigert M, Hess HF, Solimena M. 3D FIB-SEM reconstruction of microtubule–organelle interaction in whole primary mouse β cells. Journal Of Cell Biology 2020, 220: e202010039. PMID: 33326005, PMCID: PMC7748794, DOI: 10.1083/jcb.202010039.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInsulin secretory granulesΒ-cellsSecretory granulesPrimary mammalian cellsFirst 3D reconstructionPrimary mouse β-cellsMouse β-cellsMammalian cellsMicrotubule organizationPlasma membraneIntracellular traffickingIslet β-cellsMicrotubule networkMicrotubulesUnprecedented resolutionCell constituentsMicrotubule numberCell functionGolgi apparatiCentriolesCellsEndocrine cellsGlucose stimulationEndomembranesGranules