PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Budde, Matthew D.
AU  - Frank, Joseph A.
TI  - Magnetic Tagging of Therapeutic Cells for MRI
AID  - 10.2967/jnumed.108.053546
DP  - 2009 Feb 01
TA  - Journal of Nuclear Medicine
PG  - 171--174
VI  - 50
IP  - 2
4099  - http://jnm.snmjournals.org/content/50/2/171.short
4100  - http://jnm.snmjournals.org/content/50/2/171.full
SO  - J Nucl Med2009 Feb 01; 50
AB  - Transplantation of stem cells or immune cells has shown promise for the treatment of several diseases. Monitoring magnetically labeled cells with MRI has furthered our understanding of cellular migration and the pathophysiology of diseases in experimental models. These studies should pave the way for guiding clinical trials using cell-based therapies. This review briefly describes the various methods used to label and track cells with MRI and the potential for such methods to translate to human applications.