@inbook{56bd95d5f02b447a9a3aac71b48fbee3,
title = "Noninvasive assessment of cell fate and biology in transplanted mesenchymal stem cells",
abstract = "Recently, molecular imaging has become a conditio sine qua non for cell-based regenerative medicine. Developments in molecular imaging techniques, such as reporter gene technology, have increasingly enabled the noninvasive assessment of the fate and biology of cells after cardiovascular applications. In this context, bioluminescence imaging is the most commonly used imaging modality in small animal models of preclinical studies. Here, we present a detailed protocol of a reporter gene imaging approach for monitoring the viability and biology of Mesenchymal Stem Cells transplanted in a mouse model of myocardial ischemia reperfusion injury.",
keywords = "Bioluminescence, Heart, Luciferase, Molecular imaging, Monitoring, Reporter gene, Stem cells, Tracking",
author = "Federico Franchi and Martin Rodriguez-Porcel",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} Springer Science+Business Media LLC 2017.",
year = "2017",
doi = "10.1007/978-1-4939-6756-8_18",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Methods in Molecular Biology",
publisher = "Humana Press Inc.",
pages = "227--239",
booktitle = "Methods in Molecular Biology",
}