Chronic allograft rejection: A significant hurdle to transplant success

M Kloc, RM Ghobrial - Burns & trauma, 2014 - academic.oup.com
The state-of-the-art immunosuppression drugs do not ensure indefinite transplant survival,
and most transplants are continuously lost to chronic rejection even years …

[HTML][HTML] An approach to molecular imaging of atherosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular inflammation using microparticles of iron oxide

MA McAteer, AM Akhtar, C von Zur Muhlen… - Atherosclerosis, 2010 - Elsevier
The rapidly evolving field of molecular imaging promises important advances in the
diagnosis, characterization and pharmacological treatment of vascular disease. Magnetic …

Mapping immune cell infiltration using restricted diffusion MRI

FC Yeh, L Liu, TK Hitchens… - Magnetic resonance in …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Diffusion MRI provides a noninvasive way to assess tissue microstructure. Based
on diffusion MRI, we propose a model‐free method called restricted diffusion imaging (RDI) …

19F MRI detection of acute allograft rejection with in vivo perfluorocarbon labeling of immune cells

TK Hitchens, Q Ye, DF Eytan, JM Janjic… - Magnetic resonance …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Current diagnosis of organ rejection following transplantation relies on tissue biopsy, which
is not ideal due to sampling limitations and risks associated with the invasive procedure. We …

Decreased reticuloendothelial system clearance and increased blood half-life and immune cell labeling for nano-and micron-sized superparamagnetic iron-oxide …

L Liu, TK Hitchens, Q Ye, Y Wu, B Barbe… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2013 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Superparamagnetic iron-oxide nanoparticles are useful as contrast agents
for anatomical, functional and cellular MRI, drug delivery agents, and diagnostic biosensors …

Molecular magnetic resonance imaging of brain–immune interactions

M Gauberti, A Montagne, A Quenault… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Although the blood–brain barrier (BBB) was thought to protect the brain from the effects of
the immune system, immune cells can nevertheless migrate from the blood to the brain …

Mapping the acute time course of immune cell infiltration into an ECM hydrogel in a rat model of stroke using 19F MRI

M Modo, H Ghuman, R Azar, R Krafty, SF Badylak… - Biomaterials, 2022 - Elsevier
Extracellular matrix (ECM) hydrogel implantation into a stroke-induced tissue cavity invokes
a robust cellular immune response. However, the spatio-temporal dynamics of immune cell …

Tracking T-cells in vivo with a new nano-sized MRI contrast agent

L Liu, Q Ye, Y Wu, WY Hsieh, CL Chen… - … , Biology and Medicine, 2012 - Elsevier
Non-invasive in vivo tracking of T-cells by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can lead to a
better understanding of many pathophysiological situations, including AIDS, cancer …

[HTML][HTML] Noninvasive detection of graft rejection by in vivo 19F MRI in the early stage

U Flögel, S Su, I Kreideweiss, Z Ding, L Galbarz… - American Journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
Diagnosis of transplant rejection requires tissue biopsy and entails risks. Here, we describe
a new 19 F MRI approach for noninvasive visualization of organ rejection via the …

Molecular magnetic resonance imaging discloses endothelial activation after transient ischaemic attack

A Quenault, S Martinez de Lizarrondo, O Etard… - Brain, 2017 - academic.oup.com
See Sun et al.(doi: 10.1093/aww306) for a scientific commentary on this article. About 20%
of patients with ischaemic stroke have a preceding transient ischaemic attack, which is …