The Microglial Activation FL module measures fluorescently-stained microglia cell activation in whole slide images. This module detects microglia, soma, and processes, and ultimately reports the number of activated microglial cells, the number of inactivated microglial cells, and the number of negative (non-microglia) cells detected. In addition to cell classification and counting, this tool precisely measures cell processes. It reports the total process area and length, as well as the average process area, length, and thickness, and quantifies process branching by counting the number of branch points and end points per cell. An interactive markup image output option enhances visualization of results by selecting which of the following are displayed: activated microglia, inactivated microglia, microglial processes and skeleton, branch points, end points, as well as the microglia radius.
File formats supported by the HALO image analysis platform:
- Non-proprietary (JPG, TIF, OME.TIFF)
- Nikon (ND2)
- 3D Histech (MRXS)
- Akoya (QPTIFF, component TIFF)
- Olympus / Evident (VSI)
- Hamamatsu (NDPI, NDPIS)
- Aperio (SVS, AFI)
- Zeiss (CZI)
- Leica (SCN, LIF)
- Ventana (BIF)
- Philips (iSyntax, i2Syntax)
- KFBIO (KFB, KFBF)
- DICOM (DCM*)
*whole-slide images
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Publication Spotlight
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| Title | Authors | Year | Journal | Topics | HALO Modules | Products |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZUP1 promotes DNA repair and immune evasion to drive olaparib resistance in triple-negative breast cancer | Huang S, Qiu Y, Wu L, Xie Y, He Z, Li Y, Xie X | 2025 | Journal of Advanced Research | Oncology | Microglia, Highplex FL | HALO |
| Female mice display sex-specific differences in cerebrovascular function and subarachnoid haemorrhage-induced injury | Dinh DD, Wan H, Lidington D, Bolz SS | 2024 | eBioMedicine | Neuroscience | Object Colocalization, Microglia | HALO |
| Association between APOE genotype and microglial cell morphology | Kloskey CM, Gearon MD, Weekman EM, Rogers C, Patel E, Bachstetter A, Nelson PT, Wilcock DM | 2023 | Science Advances | Neuroscience | Object Colocalization, Microglia | HALO |
| Association between APOE genotype and microglial cell morphology | Kloske C, Gearon M, Weekman E, Rogers C, Patel E, Bachstetter A, Nelson P, Wilcock D | 2023 | Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology | Neuroscience | Object Colocalization, Microglia | HALO |
| Characterization of Traumatic Brain Injury in a Gyrencephalic Ferret Model Using the Novel Closed Head Injury Model of Engineered Rotational Acceleration (CHIMERA) | Krieg J, Leonard A, Tuner R, Corrigan F | 2023 | Neurotrauma Reports | Neuroscience | Microglia | HALO |
| Anatomical distribution of Fyn kinase in the human brain in Parkinson’s disease | Guglietti B, Mustafa S, Corrigan F, Collins-Praino LE | 2023 | Parkinsonism & Related Disorders | Neuroscience | Microglia | HALO |
| Traumatic Brain Injury Leads to Alterations in Contusional Cortical miRNAs Involved in Dementia | Naseer S, Abelleira-Hervas L, Savani D, de Burgh R, Aleksynas R, Donat C, Syed N, Sastre M | 2022 | Biomolecules | Neuroscience | Microglia | HALO |
| Diverse human astrocyte and microglial transcriptional responses to Alzheimer’s pathology | Smith A, Davey K, Tsartsalis S, Khozoie C, Fancy N, Tang S, Liaptsi E, Weinert M, McGarry A, Muirhead R, Gentleman S, Owen D, Matthews P | 2021 | Acta Neuropathologica | Neuroscience | Area Quantification, Multiplex IHC, Microglia | HALO |
| Age-related pathology after adenoviral overexpression of the leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 in the mouse striatum | Kritzingerab A, Ferger B, Gillardon F, Stierstorfer B, Birk G, Kochanek S, Ciossek T | 2018 | Neurobiology of Aging | Neuroscience | Area Quantification, Object Colocalization, Microglia | HALO |
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