BODIPY-tagged analogs of cholesterol are suitable for quantitative live-cell imaging.
BODIPY-cholesterol complements intrinsically fluorescent cholesterol analogues.
Photobleaching and fluctuation microscopy report about dynamics of BODIPY-cholesterol.
BODIPY-cholesterol can be also detected by superresolution and electron microscopy.
A two-step model fits the kinetics of transport of BODIPY-cholesterol to endosomes.