MRI Reporter Genes: Applications For Imaging Of Cell Survival, Proliferation, Migration and Differentiation

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 872-884

  Vandsburger, Moriel H ^a   Radoul, Marina ^a   Cohen, Batya ^a   Neeman, Michal ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

galactosidase; CEST; Differentiation; Ferritin; Iron oxide nanoparticles; Migration; MRI reporter gene; Proliferation; Transferrin receptor

Indexed keywords

CEST; FERRITIN; GALACTOSIDASES; IRON OXIDE NANOPARTICLE; MIGRATION; MRI REPORTER GENES; PROLIFERATION; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTORS;

CELLS; CONTRAST MEDIA; CYTOLOGY; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); GENE ENCODING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE THERAPY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; PROTEINS; TOOLS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; ENZYME; FERRIC AMMONIUM CITRATE; FERRITIN; HEMAGGLUTININ; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; MYC PROTEIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CANCER CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GLIOSARCOMA; HEART INFARCTION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELL; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROBLAST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPORTER GENE; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; GENES, REPORTER; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 84879524638     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: 10991492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.2869     Document Type: Article

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