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ArticleAIChE journal. American Institute of Chemical Engineers2018

Recombinantly Expressed Gas Vesicles as Nanoscale Contrast Agents for Ultrasound and Hyperpolarized MRI.

Arash Farhadi, Gabrielle Ho, Martin Kunth, Bill Ling, Anupama Lakshmanan, George Lu, Raymond W Bourdeau, Leif Schröder, Mikhail G Shapiro

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Article in AIChE journal. American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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27citing papers in PubMed
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 46 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. UltrasensitiveAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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  6. Biogenic Imaging Contrast Agents.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2023
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  7. Truly tiny acoustic biomolecules for ultrasound imaging and therapy.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2023
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  17. Magnetic Resonance Detection of Gas Microbubbles via HyperCEST: A Path Toward Dual Modality Contrast Agent.Chemphyschem : a European journal of chemical physics and physical chemistry · 2021
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  18. Measuring gas vesicle dimensions by electron microscopy.Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Arash FarhadiDivision of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125.
Gabrielle HoDivision of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125.
Martin KunthDivision of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125.
Bill LingDivision of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125.
Anupama LakshmananDivision of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125.
George LuDivision of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125.
Raymond W BourdeauDivision of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125.
Leif SchröderMolecular Imaging, Department of Structural Biology, Leibniz-Forschungsinstitute für Molekulare Pharmakologie, Berlin, Germany.
Mikhail G ShapiroDivision of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125.
California Institute of Technology · USLeibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie · DE

Funding

Biogenic Gas Nanostructures As Molecular Imaging Reporters For UltrasoundR01EB018975 · NIBIB · CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI Mikhail Shapiro · 2014 to 2026
$5.9M
NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB018975
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ultrasound and hyperpolarized magnetic resonance imaging enable the visualization of biological processes in deep tissues. However, few molecular contrast agents are available to connect these modalities to specific aspects of biological function. We recently discovered that a unique class of gas-filled protein nanostructures known as gas vesicles could serve as nanoscale molecular reporters for these modalities. However, the need to produce these nanostructures via expression in specialized cultures of cyanobacteria or haloarchaea limits their broader adoption by other laboratories and hinders genetic engineering of their properties. Here, we describe recombinant expression and purification of

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PMID30555168
PMCPMC6289519
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