"Phagosome Clôture Assay" pour visualiser Formation Phagosome en trois dimensions en utilisant la réflexion interne totale Fluorescent Microscopy (TIRFM)

We describe an experimental setup to visualize with unprecedented high resolution phagosome formation and closure in three dimensions in living macrophages, using total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy. It allows monitoring of the base of the phagocytic cup, the extending pseudopods, as well as the precise site of phagosome scission.