Stem Cell Imaging: Tools to Improve Cell Delivery and Viability

Figure 6

Optical imaging of transplanted stem cells. (a) In vivo fluorescent images of gastric cancer mouse 10 min, 30 min, 1 h, 2 h, 4 h, 6 h, 10 h, and 24 h after injection of DiR labeled murine ESCs. Reproduced courtesy of the Ivyspring International Publisher Group [104]. (b) Bioluminescent image of implanted ESCs in weeks 1, 2, and 4. (b) shows that the luciferase reporter gene is capable of performing long-term tracking in the migration and viability of implanted cells, which in this case form a teratoma. Reproduced courtesy of Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. [114].

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