To evaluate the feasibility of loading resting monocytes/macrophages by intravenous (i.v.) injection of fluorescent iron oxide nanoparticles prior to injury and tracking of these cells in the very same animal to myocardial infarction (MI) by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and optical imaging.
Title
In vivo labelling of resting monocytes in the reticuloendothelial system with fluorescent iron oxide nanoparticles prior to injury reveals that they are mobilized to infarcted myocardium
Published in
European Heart Journal
Volume
31
Pages
1410-1420
Date
2010
Publisher
Oxford University Press
ISSN
0195-668X
Note
National Licences
Record creation date
2011-12-16