In vivo tracking of transplanted mononuclear cells using manganese-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MEMRI).

BACKGROUND: Transplantation of mononuclear cells (MNCs) has previously been tested as a method to induce therapeutic angiogenesis to treat limb ischemia in clinical trials. Non-invasive high resolution imaging is required to track the cells and evaluate clinical relevance after cell transplantation....

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Main Authors: Kenichi Odaka, Ichio Aoki, Junji Moriya, Kaoru Tateno, Hiroyuki Tadokoro, Jeff Kershaw, Tohru Minamino, Toshiaki Irie, Toshimitsu Fukumura, Issei Komuro, Tsuneo Saga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3189206?pdf=render