Intravital fluorescence microscopy can be utilized to study leukocyte-endothelial interactions and capillary perfusion in real-time. This protocol describes methods to image and quantify these parameters in the pulmonary microcirculation using a vacuum-stabilized lung imaging system.
Hall, S., Faridi, S., Euodia, I., Tanner, S., Chojnacki, A. K., Patel, K. D., Zhou, J., Lehmann, C. Intravital Widefield Fluorescence Microscopy of Pulmonary Microcirculation in Experimental Acute Lung Injury Using a Vacuum-Stabilized Imaging System. J. Vis. Exp. (182), e63733, doi:10.3791/63733 (2022).