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ReviewNuclear medicine and molecular imaging2016

Stem Cell Monitoring with a Direct or Indirect Labeling Method.

Min Hwan Kim, Yong Jin Lee, Joo Hyun Kang

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Review in Nuclear medicine and molecular imaging, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Future direction: molecular imaging-based stem cell research.European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2025
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  6. Positron emission tomography probes for stem cell monitoring: a review.American journal of translational research · 2024
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  9. Nanotechnology-Assisted Cell Tracking.Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Min Hwan KimMolecular Imaging Research Center, Korea Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences (KIRAMS), 75 Nowon-gil, Gongneung-Dong, Nowon-Gu, Seoul, 139-706 Republic of Korea.
Yong Jin LeeMolecular Imaging Research Center, Korea Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences (KIRAMS), 75 Nowon-gil, Gongneung-Dong, Nowon-Gu, Seoul, 139-706 Republic of Korea.
Joo Hyun KangMolecular Imaging Research Center, Korea Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences (KIRAMS), 75 Nowon-gil, Gongneung-Dong, Nowon-Gu, Seoul, 139-706 Republic of Korea.
Korea Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences · KR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The molecular imaging techniques allow monitoring of the transplanted cells in the same individuals over time, from early localization to the survival, migration, and differentiation. Generally, there are two methods of stem cell labeling: direct and indirect labeling methods. The direct labeling method introduces a labeling agent into the cell, which is stably incorporated or attached to the cells prior to transplantation. Direct labeling of cells with radionuclides is a simple method with relatively fewer adverse events related to genetic responses. However, it can only allow short-term distribution of transplanted cells because of the decreasing imaging signal with radiodecay, according to the physical half-lives, or the signal becomes more diffuse with cell division and dispersion. The indirect labeling method is based on the expression of a reporter gene transduced into the cell before transplantation, which is then visualized upon the injection of an appropriate probe or substrate. In this review, various imaging strategies to monitor the survival and behavior change of transplanted stem cells are covered. Taking these new approaches together, the direct and indirect labeling methods may provide new insights on the roles of in vivo stem cell monitoring, from bench to bedside.

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Direct labeling methodIndirect labeling methodRadionuclideStem cell tracking

Identifiers

PMID27994682
PMCPMC5135688
OpenAlexW2181131112

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