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ArticleMagnetic resonance imaging2015

High resolution 3D MRI of mouse mammary glands with intra-ductal injection of contrast media.

Erica Markiewicz, Xiaobing Fan, Devkumar Mustafi, Marta Zamora, Brian B Roman, Sanaz A Jansen, Kay Macleod, Suzanne D Conzen, Gregory S Karczmar

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Article in Magnetic resonance imaging, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Erica MarkiewiczDepartment of Radiology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Xiaobing FanDepartment of Radiology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Devkumar MustafiDepartment of Radiology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Marta ZamoraDepartment of Radiology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Brian B RomanDepartment of Radiology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Sanaz A JansenDepartment of Radiology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Kay MacleodBen May Department for Cancer Research, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Suzanne D ConzenMedicine, Hematology/Oncology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Gregory S KarczmarDepartment of Radiology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA. Electronic address: gskarczm@uchicago.edu.
University of Chicago · US

Funding

VIRAL ONCOLOGY CORE FACILITYP30CA014599 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI MARK W. LINGEN · 1985 to 2026
$122.1M
Re-Engineering Translational Research at the University of ChicagoUL1TR000430 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI SOLWAY, JULIAN · 2012 to 2016
$20.2M
Assessment of Breast Cancer Risk with High Spectral and Spatial Resolution MRIR01CA167785 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI KARCZMAR, GREGORY S., NEWSTEAD, GILLIAN · 2013 to 2017
$2.4M
MRI of Early Non-invasive Rodent Mammary CancersR01CA133490 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI KARCZMAR, GREGORY S. · 2011 to 2015
$1.6M
Autophagy in Tumor Progression and MetastasisR01CA162405 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI MACLEOD, KAY F · 2012 to 2016
$1.6M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000430NCI NIH HHS 1R01CA133490NCI NIH HHS P30 CA014599NCI NIH HHS R01 CA133490NCI NIH HHS R01 CA162405NCI NIH HHS R01 CA167785
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to use high resolution three-dimensional (3D) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to study mouse mammary gland ductal architecture based on intra-ductal injection of contrast agents. Female FVB/N mice age 12-20 weeks (n=12), were used in this study. A 34G, 45° tip Hamilton needle with a 25μL Hamilton syringe was inserted into the tip of the nipple. Approximately 20-25μL of a Gadodiamide/Trypan blue/saline solution was injected slowly over one minute into the nipple and duct. To prevent washout of contrast media from ducts due to perfusion, and maximize the conspicuity of ducts on MRI, mice were sacrificed one minute after injection. High resolution 3D T1-weighted images were acquired on a 9.4T Bruker scanner after sacrifice to eliminate motion artifacts and reduce contrast media leakage from ducts. Trypan blue staining was well distributed throughout the ductal tree. MRI showed the mammary gland ductal structure clearly. In spoiled gradient echo T1-weighted images, the signal-to-noise ratio of regions identified as enhancing mammary ducts following contrast injection was significantly higher than that of muscle (p<0.02) and significantly higher than that of contralateral mammary ducts that were not injected with contrast media (p<0.0001). The methods described here could be adapted for injection of specialized contrast agents to measure metabolism or target receptors in normal ducts and ducts with in situ cancers.

Indexed as

Imaging, Three-DimensionalAnimalsContrast MediaFemaleGadolinium DTPAImage Processing, Computer-AssistedInjectionsMagnetic Resonance ImagingMammary Glands, AnimalMicePerfusionSignal-To-Noise RatioContrast MediagadodiamideGadolinium DTPA3D MRIContrast agentDuctal injectionMouse mammary gland

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PMID25179139
PMCPMC4267960
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