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Magnetosonoporation: instant magnetic labeling of stem cells.

Image-Guided Bio-Molecular Interventions Section, Department of Radiology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA.
Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (impact factor: 2.96). 06/2010; 63(6):1437-41. DOI:10.1002/mrm.22348 pp.1437-41
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ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to develop an instant MR cell labeling technique, called magnetosonoporation. First, a magnetosonoporation apparatus was successfully established for MR labeling of stem cells. Then, the safety of this new cell labeling approach was confirmed by evaluation of cell viability, proliferation, and differentiation of magnetosonoporation-labeled and unlabeled C17.2 neural stem cells. Subsequently, the feasibility of using in vivo MRI to detect magnetosonoporation/Feridex-labeled stem cells was validated in living animals and confirmed by histologic correlation. The magnetosonoporation technique is expected to be convenient, efficient, and safe for future clinical application of MRI-guided cell therapies.

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Keywords

cell viability
 
convenient
 
future clinical application
 
histologic correlation
 
instant MR cell labeling technique
 
magnetosonoporation
 
magnetosonoporation apparatus
 
magnetosonoporation technique
 
magnetosonoporation-labeled
 
magnetosonoporation/Feridex-labeled
 
MR labeling
 
MRI-guided cell therapies
 
new cell labeling approach
 
unlabeled C17.2 neural
 
vivo MRI