Journal: The EMBO Journal
Article Title: Plakoglobin transmits tension across VE-cadherin for vascular leak formation and leukocyte diapedesis
doi: 10.1038/s44318-026-00732-0
Figure Lengend Snippet: ( A , B ) HUVEC were treated with histamine (100 µM, Sigma-Aldrich) or thrombin (1 U/ml, CalBiochem) for 10 min, or left untreated with equivalent volumes of vehicle (media) as controls. Cells were subsequently fixed, permeabilized and stained for plakoglobin, β-catenin, and VE-cadherin, all visualized in grayscale to ensure unbiased comparative analysis. Higher magnification images (63X) were acquired using a Zeiss LSM 980 confocal microscope equipped with an Airyscan detector ( A ), while lower magnification images (40X) were captured on a Zeiss LSM 880 confocal microscope ( B ). Scale bars, 25 µm.
Article Snippet: Zeiss LSM 980 Airyscan acquisitions were processed with Airyscan Joint Deconvolution processing module in ZEN blue software (Zeiss) to improve signal-to-noise and spatial resolution; LSM 880 images were used without further deconvolution.
Techniques: Staining, Microscopy