Review Article

Nanoparticles-Assisted Stem Cell Therapy for Ischemic Heart Disease

Figure 3

In vivo magnetic resonance images of mouse hearts injected with superparamagnetic NPs-loaded, cardiac-differentiated mouse embryonic stem cells. Scans were performed at 1, 7, and 28 days after cell transplantation in both the long-axis and short-axis orientations. NPs-loaded cells were shown as dark regions (white arrows) in the left ventricular wall in or near the infarct zone. Reprinted with permission from Ebert et al. [61].