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Angiogenesis Analyzer for ImageJ

Saturday 20 October 2012, by Gilles Carpentier

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This tool was presented at the poster session ( abstract ) of the

ImageJ User and Developer Conference 2012


 Description:


The "Angiogenesis Analyzer" [1] allows analysis of cellular networks. Typically, it can detect and analyze the pseudo vascular organization of endothelial cells cultured in gel medium.

Among the tools used to evaluate the anti-angiogenesis properties of drugs, the most used is the in vitro differentiation of primary endothelial cells culture in gel (Endothelial Tube Formation Assay (ETFA)) [2]. In suitable culture conditions these cells form structures that can branch and mimic a pseudo capillary in vitro formation. At later stage this differentiation can lead to a meshed network from different mesh sizes. Although widely used, the interpretation of this assay still remains a problem, especially to obtain a quantitative evaluation of the vessels-like net organization. The Angiogenesis Analyzer as a simple tool to quantify the ETFA experiment images by extracting characteristic information of the network.

Above: phase contrast image of HUVEC network, analyzed by the Angiogenesis Analyzer for ImageJ. The same analysis can be obtained using a fluorescent staining by calcein.

History:

- First version: 15 October 2012

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Footnotes

[1] Gilles Carpentier. Contribution: Angiogenesis Analyzer. ImageJ News, 5 October 2012.

[2] L. Montesano, R. Orci and P. Vassalli, “In vitro rapid organization of endothelial cells into capillary-like networks is promoted by collagen matrices”, J Cell Biol 97, pp. 1648–52, 1983.

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Gilles Carpentier, Faculte des Sciences et Technologie,
Universite Paris Est Creteil Val-de-Marne, France.

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