TY - JOUR
T1 - Accomplishments and challenges in stem cell imaging in vivo
AU - Bose, Rajendran J.C.
AU - Mattrey, Robert F
N1 - Funding Information:
R.F.M. is an Established Investigator Scholar of the Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT); R.F.M. and R.J.C.B. received salary support from CPRIT grant RR150010 .
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Elsevier Ltd
Copyright:
Copyright 2019 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2019/2
Y1 - 2019/2
N2 - Stem cell therapies have demonstrated promising preclinical results, but very few applications have reached the clinic owing to safety and efficacy concerns. Translation would benefit greatly if stem cell survival, distribution and function could be assessed in vivo post-transplantation, particularly in patients. Advances in molecular imaging have led to extraordinary progress, with several strategies being deployed to understand the fate of stem cells in vivo using magnetic resonance, scintigraphy, PET, ultrasound and optical imaging. Here, we review the recent advances, challenges and future perspectives and opportunities in stem cell tracking and functional assessment, as well as the advantages and challenges of each imaging approach. Advances in molecular imaging have led to extraordinary progress, with several strategies being deployed to understand the fate of stem cells in vivo. This review provides a comprehensive and timely overview of recent advances, challenges and future perspectives of different imaging modalities used in stem cell tracking and functional assessment.
AB - Stem cell therapies have demonstrated promising preclinical results, but very few applications have reached the clinic owing to safety and efficacy concerns. Translation would benefit greatly if stem cell survival, distribution and function could be assessed in vivo post-transplantation, particularly in patients. Advances in molecular imaging have led to extraordinary progress, with several strategies being deployed to understand the fate of stem cells in vivo using magnetic resonance, scintigraphy, PET, ultrasound and optical imaging. Here, we review the recent advances, challenges and future perspectives and opportunities in stem cell tracking and functional assessment, as well as the advantages and challenges of each imaging approach. Advances in molecular imaging have led to extraordinary progress, with several strategies being deployed to understand the fate of stem cells in vivo. This review provides a comprehensive and timely overview of recent advances, challenges and future perspectives of different imaging modalities used in stem cell tracking and functional assessment.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.drudis.2018.10.007
DO - 10.1016/j.drudis.2018.10.007
M3 - Review article
C2 - 30342245
AN - SCOPUS:85055684987
SN - 1359-6446
VL - 24
SP - 492
EP - 504
JO - Drug Discovery Today
JF - Drug Discovery Today
IS - 2
ER -