In vivo bioluminescence for tracking cell fate and function

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 301, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  de Almeida, Patricia E ^a   van Rappard, Juliaan R M ^b   Wu, Joseph C ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bioluminescence imaging; Gene therapy; Heart; In vivo cell tracking; Stem cell therapy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CARCINOGENICITY; CELL FATE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRACKING; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART INJURY; IMMUNOGENICITY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRACKING; CELLS, CULTURED; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REPORTER; HUMANS; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 80052304716     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00337.2011     Document Type: Article

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