Ex vivo magnetic resonance imaging of transplanted hepatocytes in a rat model of acute liver failure

Cell Transplantation

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 329-343

  Puppi, Juliana ^a   Modo, Michel ^b   Dhawan, Anil ^a   Lehec, Sharon C ^a   Mitry, Ragai R ^a   Hughes, Robin D ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute liver failure; Cell labeling; Contrast agents; Cytotoxicity; Hepatocyte transplantation; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIOs)

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; GALACTOSAMINE; PROTAMINE SULFATE; SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDE NANOPARTICLE;

ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SUSPENSION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IRON TRANSPORT; KUPFFER CELL; LIVER CELL; LIVER INJURY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; CARBOCYANINES; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRACKING; CELLS, CULTURED; CONTRAST MEDIA; DEXTRANS; FEMALE; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETITE NANOPARTICLES; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 84895887922     PISSN: 09636897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/096368913X663596     Document Type: Article

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