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ArticleJournal of Cancer2014

In vivo lymphatic imaging of a human inflammatory breast cancer model.

Germaine D Agollah, Grace Wu, Eva M Sevick-Muraca, Sunkuk Kwon

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Article in Journal of Cancer, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Germaine D Agollah1. Center for Molecular Imaging, The Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX 77030; ; 2. The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Houston. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030.
Grace Wu1. Center for Molecular Imaging, The Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX 77030;
Eva M Sevick-Muraca1. Center for Molecular Imaging, The Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX 77030;
Sunkuk Kwon1. Center for Molecular Imaging, The Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX 77030;

Funding

Task Specific Project 4U54CA136404 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI SEVICK, EVA M. · 2008 to 2012
$5.1M
Imaging lymph function in humans and in a murine model of lymphedemaR01CA128919 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI SEVICK, EVA M. · 2008 to 2012
$1.5M
Functional Imaging of Tumor-Associated LymphaticsR21CA159293 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI KWON, SUNKUK · 2012 to 2013
$349k
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA128919NCI NIH HHS R21 CA159293NCI NIH HHS U54 CA136404
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundInflammatory breast cancer (IBC) remains the most aggressive type of breast cancer with the greatest potential for metastasis and as a result, the highest mortality rate. IBC cells invade and metastasize through dermal lymphatic vessels; however, it is unknown how lymphatic drainage patterns change during IBC growth and metastasis. Herein, we non-invasively and longitudinally imaged lymphatics in an animal model of IBC using near-infrared fluorescence (NIRF) imaging. MATERIALS AND

methodsMice were imaged in vivo prior to, and up to 11 weeks after subcutaneous or orthotopic inoculation of human IBC SUM149 cells, which were stably transfected with infrared fluorescence protein (iRFP) gene reporter (SUM149-iRFP), following intradermal (i.d.) injection of indocyanine green (ICG).

resultsFluorescence images showed well-defined lymphatic vessels prior to SUM149-iRFP inoculation. However, altered lymphatic drainage patterns including rerouting of lymphatic drainage were detected in mice with SUM149-iRFP, due to lymphatic obstruction of normal lymphatic drainages caused by tumor growth. In addition, we observed tortuous lymphatic vessels and extravasation of ICG-laden lymph in mice with SUM149-iRFP. We also observed increased and dilated fluorescent lymphatic vessels in the tumor periphery, which was confirmed by ex vivo immunohistochemical staining of lymphatic vessels.

conclusionsOur pre-clinical studies demonstrate that non-invasive NIRF imaging can provide a method to assess changes in lymphatic drainage patterns during IBC growth and metastasis.

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inflammatory breast cancerlymphangiogenesis.lymphatic systemnear-infrared fluorescence imaging

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PMID25368678
PMCPMC4216802

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