Fluorescence-Guided Surgery of Liver Metastasis in Orthotopic Nude-Mouse Models.

We report here the development of fluorescence-guided surgery of liver metastasis. HT29 human colon cancer cells expressing green fluorescent protein (GFP) were initially injected in the spleen of nude mice. Three weeks later, established liver metastases were harvested and implanted on the left lob...

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Main Authors: Takashi Murakami, Yukihiko Hiroshima, Yong Zhang, Takashi Chishima, Kuniya Tanaka, Michael Bouvet, Itaru Endo, Robert M Hoffman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4591295?pdf=render