Overexpression of the MRI reporter genes ferritin and transferrin receptor affect iron homeostasis and produce limited contrast in mesenchymal stem cells

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 15481-15496

  Pereira, Sofia M ^a   Moss, Diana ^a   Williams, Steve R ^b   Murray, Patricia ^a   Taylor, Arthur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biogenic nanoparticles; Cell tracking; Chick embryo; Ferritin; Magnetic resonance; Reporter genes; Transferrin receptor

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CD71 ANTIGEN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ELONGATION FACTOR 1ALPHA; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; FERRIC CITRATE; FERRITIN; IRON REGULATORY FACTOR; LENTIVIRUS VECTOR; MESSENGER RNA; RED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; TRANSFERRIN; APOFERRITIN; IRON; TFRC PROTEIN, MOUSE; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL TRACKING; CELL VIABILITY; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IC50; INTERNAL RIBOSOME ENTRY SITE; IRON BALANCE; IRON TRANSPORT; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REPORTER GENE; TRANSGENE; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CHICKEN; CYTOLOGY; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; LENTIVIRINAE; MESENCHYMAL STROMA CELL; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE;

ANIMALS; APOFERRITINS; CELL LINE; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC VECTORS; IRON; LENTIVIRUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 84939526673     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms160715481     Document Type: Article

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