Cryo-soft X-ray tomography: using soft X-rays to explore the ultrastructure of whole cells

M Harkiolaki, MC Darrow, MC Spink… - Emerging topics in …, 2018 - portlandpress.com
Cryo-soft X-ray tomography is an imaging technique that addresses the need for mesoscale
imaging of cellular ultrastructure of relatively thick samples without the need for staining or …

The cellular landscape by cryo soft X-ray tomography

J Groen, JJ Conesa, R Valcárcel, E Pereiro - Biophysical reviews, 2019 - Springer
Imaging techniques in structural cell biology are indispensable to understand cell
organization and machinery. In this frame, cryo soft X-ray tomography (cryo-SXT), a …

Using soft X-ray tomography for rapid whole-cell quantitative imaging of SARS-CoV-2-infected cells

V Loconte, JH Chen, M Cortese, A Ekman… - Cell reports …, 2021 - cell.com
High-resolution and rapid imaging of host cell ultrastructure can generate insights toward
viral disease mechanism, for example for a severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus …

Chaperonin CCT controls extracellular vesicle production and cell metabolism through kinesin dynamics

A Rojas‐Gómez, SG Dosil, FJ Chichón… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Cell proteostasis includes gene transcription, protein translation, folding of de novo proteins,
post‐translational modifications, secretion, degradation and recycling. By profiling the …

ICAM-1 nanoclusters regulate hepatic epithelial cell polarity by leukocyte adhesion-independent control of apical actomyosin

C Cacho-Navas, C López-Pujante, N Reglero-Real… - Elife, 2024 - elifesciences.org
Epithelial intercellular adhesion molecule (ICAM)-1 is apically polarized, interacts with, and
guides leukocytes across epithelial barriers. Polarized hepatic epithelia organize their apical …

Imaging cell morphology and physiology using X-rays

V Weinhardt, JH Chen, A Ekman… - Biochemical Society …, 2019 - portlandpress.com
Morphometric measurements, such as quantifying cell shape, characterizing sub-cellular
organization, and probing cell–cell interactions, are fundamental in cell biology and clinical …

Switchable resolution in soft x-ray tomography of single cells

V Weinhardt, JH Chen, AA Ekman, J Guo… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
The diversity of living cells, in both size and internal complexity, calls for imaging methods
with adaptable spatial resolution. Soft x-ray tomography (SXT) is a three-dimensional …

The chaperonin CCT controls T cell receptor–driven 3D configuration of centrioles

NB Martin-Cofreces, FJ Chichon, E Calvo… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
T lymphocyte activation requires the formation of immune synapses (IS) with antigen-
presenting cells. The dynamics of membrane receptors, signaling scaffolds, microfilaments …

Imaging of virus-infected cells with soft X-ray tomography

D Garriga, FJ Chichón, BM Calisto, DS Ferrero… - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
Viruses are obligate parasites that depend on a host cell for replication and survival.
Consequently, to fully understand the viral processes involved in infection and replication, it …

Multimodal Imaging and Soft X‐Ray Tomography of Fluorescent Nanodiamonds in Cancer Cells

P Reineck, AN Abraham, A Poddar… - Biotechnology …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Multimodal imaging promises to revolutionize the understanding of biological processes
across scales in space and time by combining the strengths of multiple imaging techniques …