Tracking the fate of stem cell implants with fluorine-19 MRI.

In this study we used cellular magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to detect mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) labeled with a Fluorine-19 (19F) agent. 19F-MRI offers unambiguous detection and in vivo quantification of labeled cells.We investigated two common stem cell transplant mouse models: an immune comp...

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Main Authors: Jeffrey M Gaudet, Emeline J Ribot, Yuhua Chen, Kyle M Gilbert, Paula J Foster
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4358825?pdf=render