In-vitro labelling of ovine mesenchymal stem cells : Visualization by MRI technique

ISBN-13: 9783330000834 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 108 str.

Gnanadevi Ravi Gnanam; Geetha Ramesh; Kannan Thandavan Arthanari

Opis

Stem cell therapy has emerged as a therapeutic option in several types of injury and disease. Adipose tissue and Bone marrow stem cell are an attractive source of MSCs However, the use of MSCs in the treatment requires bio-safety and method to detect transplanted cells in-vivo. To understand the mechanisms behind a successful stem cell based therapy, monitoring of transplanted cell's migration, homing as well as the engraftment efficiency and functional capability in-vivo has become a critical issue.Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is one of the ideal methods, but requires a suitable contrast agent to be loaded to the cells to be tracked, and one of the most wide-spread in stem cell tracking is a group of agents known as magnetic nanoparticles. Molday ION Rhodamine-B(TM) (MIRB) is a new superparamagnetic iron oxide (SPIO) contrast agent specifically formulated for cell labelling and is readily internalized by non-phagocytic cells. This study helps in understanding the basic techniques involved in labeling the MSCs and imaging by both flouorescent microscopy and MRI technique.

O autorze

Dr.R.Gnanadevi is graduated Bachelor of Veterinary Science from Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, India. She worked on In-vitro labelling of Mesenchymal stem cells in Ovine using Iron nanoparticles and published the findings in refereed journals. She is currently working on Umbilical cord derived Mesenchymal stem cells in Canine.