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ArticleJournal of visualized experiments : JoVE2014

Automated measurement of microcirculatory blood flow velocity in pulmonary metastases of rats.

Gert Blueschke, Gabi Hanna, Andrew N Fontanella, Gregory M Palmer, Alina Boico, Hooney Min, Mark W Dewhirst, David C Irwin, Yulin Zhao, Thies Schroeder

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Article in Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Gert BlueschkeDivision of Plastic, Maxillofacial, and Oral Surgery, Duke University Medical Center.
Gabi HannaDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Duke University Medical Center.
Andrew N FontanellaDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Duke University Medical Center.
Gregory M PalmerDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Duke University Medical Center.
Alina BoicoDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Duke University Medical Center.
Hooney MinDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Duke University Medical Center.
Mark W DewhirstDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Duke University Medical Center.
David C IrwinDepartment of Cardiology, University of Colorado Denver.
Yulin ZhaoDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Duke University Medical Center.
Thies SchroederDepartment of Physical Chemistry, University of Mainz; thschroe@uni-mainz.de.
Duke Medical Center · USJohannes Gutenberg University Mainz · DEUniversity of Colorado Denver · US

Funding

Women's Cancer Research ProgramP30CA014236 · NCI · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI JOHN N. NORTON · 1985 to 2026
$174.8M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA014236
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Because the lung is a major target organ of metastatic disease, animal models to study the physiology of pulmonary metastases are of great importance. However, very few methods exist to date to investigate lung metastases in a dynamic fashion at the microcirculatory level, due to the difficulty to access the lung with a microscope. Here, an intravital microscopy method is presented to functionally image and quantify the microcirculation of superficial pulmonary metastases in rats, using a closed-chest pulmonary window and automated analysis of blood flow velocity and direction. The utility of this method is demonstrated to measure increases in blood flow velocity in response to pharmacological intervention, and to image the well-known tortuous vasculature of solid tumors. This is the first demonstration of intravital microscopy on pulmonary metastases in a closed-chest model. Because of its minimized invasiveness, as well as due to its relative ease and practicality, this technology has the potential to experience widespread use in laboratories that specialize on pulmonary tumor research.

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AnimalsBlood Flow VelocityBreast NeoplasmsCell Line, TumorFemaleHeterograftsHumansIntravital MicroscopyLung NeoplasmsMicrocirculationNeovascularization, PathologicRatsRats, NudeSarcoma, Experimental

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PMID25490280
PMCPMC4354379
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