This protocol describes a method to image fluorescent T cells introduced into lymph node slices. The technique permits real-time analyses of T cell migration with traditional widefield fluorescence or confocal microscopes.
Salmon, H., Rivas-Caicedo, A., Asperti-Boursin, F., Lebugle, C., Bourdoncle, P., Donnadieu, E. Ex vivo Imaging of T Cells in Murine Lymph Node Slices with Widefield and Confocal Microscopes. J. Vis. Exp. (53), e3054, doi:10.3791/3054 (2011).