Journal
NANOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 22, Issue 49, Pages -Publisher
IOP Publishing Ltd
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/22/49/494001
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Funding
- National Institute of Health [HL097172, HL095722, DE019191]
- American Heart Association [0970178N]
- International Human Frontier Science Program Organization
- MIT-UROP
- John Reed Fund
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Exogenous cell therapy aims to replace/repair diseased or dysfunctional cells and promises to revolutionize medicine by restoring tissue and organ function. To develop effective cell therapy, the location, distribution and long-term persistence of transplanted cells must be evaluated. Nanoparticle (NP) based imaging technologies have the potential to track transplanted cells non-invasively. Here we summarize the most recent advances in NP-based cell tracking with emphasis on (1) the design criteria for cell tracking NPs, (2) protocols for cell labeling, (3) a comparison of available imaging modalities and their corresponding contrast agents, (4) a summary of preclinical studies on NP-based cell tracking and finally (5) perspectives and future directions.
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