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ArticleMolecular imaging and biology2012

Spectral unmixing imaging of wavelength-responsive fluorescent probes: an application for the real-time report of amyloid Beta species in Alzheimer's disease.

Chongzhao Ran, Anna Moore

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Article in Molecular imaging and biology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16 citing papers in PubMed, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Chongzhao RanMolecular Imaging Laboratory, MGH/MIT/HMS Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Boston, MA 02129, USA.
Anna Moore
Harvard University · US

Funding

Imaging AD Amyloidosis Pathology by Novel Multi-modal NIR/PET/19F MRI ProbesK25AG036760 · NIA · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI RAN, CHONGZHAO · 2010 to 2014
$770k
500 MHz NMR Spectrometer for Molecular Imaging ApplicationsS10RR023385 · NCRR · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI ROSEN, BRUCE R · 2007 to 2007
$500k
IVIS Spectrum Imaging SystemS10RR025504 · NCRR · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI MOORE, ANNA · 2009 to 2009
$341k
NCRR NIH HHS S10 RR023385NCRR NIH HHS S10 RR025504NIA NIH HHS K25 AG036760NIA NIH HHS K25AG036760
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe goal of the study was to investigate a method for the real-time assessment of a target concentration in vivo using a combination of a spectral unmixing technique and a fluorescent probe specific for amyloid beta (Aβ) species, the biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease (AD). PROCEDURES: The probe CRANAD-3 has a significant emission wavelength shift upon binding to Aβ species. It was used to differentiate a bound probe from an unbound probe in a phantom, ex vivo in brain slices and whole brain, and in vivo in a transgenic mouse model of AD.

resultsThe ex vivo unmixing imaging of AD brain clearly showed differential distribution of the bound and unbound probes between the brain tissue and blood vessels. The in vivo unmixed signals of bound CRANAD-3 reached a plateau with increasing dosage, demonstrating that these signals correspond to Aβ content, not probe injected dose.

conclusionThis study provided evidence that signals processed by the spectral unmixing technique could be used as a real-time reporter of Aβ species loading in vivo and ex vivo.

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Alzheimer DiseaseAmyloid beta-PeptidesAmyloidosisAnimalsBrain ChemistryDisease Models, AnimalFluorescent DyesHistocytochemistryMiceMice, TransgenicPhantoms, ImagingSpectrometry, FluorescenceTissue DistributionAmyloid beta-PeptidesFluorescent Dyes

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PMID21739354
PMCPMC3229962
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