Abstract
Background— We investigated the potential of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to track magnetically labeled mesenchymal stem cells (MR-MSCs) in a swine myocardial infarction (MI) model. Methods and Results— Adult farm pigs (n=5) were subjected to closed-chest experimental MI. MR-MSCs (2.8 to 16×10 7 cells) were injected intramyocardially under x-ray fluoroscopy. MRIs were obtained on a 1.5T MR scanner to demonstrate the location of the MR-MSCs and were correlated with histology. Contrast-enhanced MRI demonstrated successful injection in the infarct and serial MSC tracking was demonstrated in two animals. Conclusion— MRI tracking of MSCs is feasible and represents a preferred method for studying the engraftment of MSCs in MI.
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Created | 22 years, 3 months ago (May 12, 2003, 6:33 p.m.) |
Deposited | 1 year, 3 months ago (May 6, 2024, 2:36 p.m.) |
Indexed | 3 weeks, 5 days ago (Aug. 2, 2025, 12:12 a.m.) |
Issued | 22 years, 3 months ago (May 13, 2003) |
Published | 22 years, 3 months ago (May 13, 2003) |
Published Print | 22 years, 3 months ago (May 13, 2003) |
@article{Kraitchman_2003, title={In Vivo Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Myocardial Infarction}, volume={107}, ISSN={1524-4539}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.0000070931.62772.4e}, DOI={10.1161/01.cir.0000070931.62772.4e}, number={18}, journal={Circulation}, publisher={Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)}, author={Kraitchman, Dara L. and Heldman, Alan W. and Atalar, Ergin and Amado, Luciano C. and Martin, Bradley J. and Pittenger, Mark F. and Hare, Joshua M. and Bulte, Jeff W.M.}, year={2003}, month=may, pages={2290–2293} }