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Banerjee P, Roy S, Chakraborty S. Recent advancement of imaging strategies of the lymphatic system: Answer to the decades old questions. Microcirculation 2022; 29:e12780. [PMID: 35972391 DOI: 10.1111/micc.12780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2021] [Revised: 07/22/2022] [Accepted: 08/10/2022] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
Abstract
The role of the lymphatic system in maintaining tissue homeostasis and a number of different pathophysiological conditions has been well established. The complex and delicate structure of the lymphatics along with the limitations of conventional imaging techniques make lymphatic imaging particularly difficult. Thus, in-depth high-resolution imaging of lymphatic system is key to understanding the progression of lymphatic diseases and cancer metastases and would greatly benefit clinical decisions. In recent years, the advancement of imaging technologies and development of new tracers suitable for clinical applications has enabled imaging of the lymphatic system in both clinical and pre-clinical settings. In this current review, we have highlighted the advantages and disadvantages of different modern techniques such as near infra-red spectroscopy (NIRS), positron emission tomography (PET), computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and fluorescence optical imaging, that has significantly impacted research in this field and has led to in-depth insights into progression of pathological states. This review also highlights the use of current imaging technologies, and tracers specific for immune cell markers to identify and track the immune cells in the lymphatic system that would help understand disease progression and remission in immune therapy regimen.
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- Priyanka Banerjee
- Department of Medical Physiology, College of Medicine, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, Bryan, Texas, USA
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- Department of Medical Physiology, College of Medicine, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, Bryan, Texas, USA
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- Department of Medical Physiology, College of Medicine, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, Bryan, Texas, USA
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Si P, Honkala A, de la Zerda A, Smith BR. Optical Microscopy and Coherence Tomography of Cancer in Living Subjects. Trends Cancer 2020; 6:205-222. [PMID: 32101724 DOI: 10.1016/j.trecan.2020.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2019] [Revised: 01/05/2020] [Accepted: 01/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Intravital microscopy (IVM) and optical coherency tomography (OCT) are two powerful optical imaging tools that allow visualization of dynamic biological activities in living subjects with subcellular resolutions. Recent advances in labeling and label-free techniques empower IVM and OCT for a wide range of preclinical and clinical cancer imaging, providing profound insights into the complex physiological, cellular, and molecular behaviors of tumors. Preclinical IVM and OCT have elucidated many otherwise inscrutable aspects of cancer biology, while clinical applications of IVM and OCT are revolutionizing cancer diagnosis and therapies. We review important progress in the fields of IVM and OCT for cancer imaging in living subjects, highlighting key technological developments and their emerging applications in fundamental cancer biology research and clinical oncology investigation.
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- Peng Si
- Department of Structural Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA; Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Structural Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA; Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA; Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA; The Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.
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- Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA; Department of Biomedical Engineering and Institute for Quantitative Health Science and Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
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Si P, Shevidi S, Yuan E, Yuan K, Lautman Z, Jeffrey SS, Sledge GW, de la Zerda A. Gold Nanobipyramids as Second Near Infrared Optical Coherence Tomography Contrast Agents for in Vivo Multiplexing Studies. NANO LETTERS 2020; 20:101-108. [PMID: 31585502 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b03344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Developing contrast-enhanced optical coherence tomography (OCT) techniques is important for specific imaging of tissue lesions, molecular imaging, cell-tracking, and highly sensitive microangiography and lymphangiography. Multiplexed OCT imaging in the second near-infrared (NIR-II) window is highly desirable since it allows simultaneous imaging and tracking of multiple biological events in high resolution with deeper tissue penetration in vivo. Here we demonstrate that gold nanobipyramids can function as OCT multiplexing contrast agents, allowing high-resolution imaging of two separate lymphatic flows occurring simultaneously from different drainage basins into the same lymph node in a live mouse. Contrast-enhanced multiplexed lymphangiography of a melanoma tumor in vivo shows that the peritumoral lymph flow upstream of the tumor is unidirectional, and tumor is accessible to such flow. Whereas the lymphatic drainage coming out from the tumor is multidirectional. We also demonstrate real-time tracking of the contrast agents draining from a melanoma tumor specifically to the sentinel lymph node of the tumor and the three-dimensional distribution of the contrast agents in the lymph node.
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- Peng Si
- Department of Structural Biology , Stanford University , Stanford , California 94305 , United States
- Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford , Stanford , California 94305 , United States
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- Department of Structural Biology , Stanford University , Stanford , California 94305 , United States
- Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford , Stanford , California 94305 , United States
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- Department of Structural Biology , Stanford University , Stanford , California 94305 , United States
- Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford , Stanford , California 94305 , United States
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- Department of Medicine , Stanford University , Stanford , California 94305 , United States
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- Department of Structural Biology , Stanford University , Stanford , California 94305 , United States
- Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford , Stanford , California 94305 , United States
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- Department of Surgery , Stanford University , Stanford , California 94305 , United States
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- Department of Medicine , Stanford University , Stanford , California 94305 , United States
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- Department of Structural Biology , Stanford University , Stanford , California 94305 , United States
- Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford , Stanford , California 94305 , United States
- Department of Electrical Engineering , Stanford University , 350 Serra Mall , Stanford , California 94305 , United States
- The Chan Zuckerberg Biohub , San Francisco , California 94158 , United States
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Li Y, Yang Y, Tang S, Zhang Y, Li X, Guan W, Ma F, Zhang C, Xiong L. High-Resolution Imaging of the Lymphatic Vascular System in Living Mice/Rats Using Dual-Modal Polymer Dots. ACS APPLIED BIO MATERIALS 2019; 2:3877-3885. [DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.9b00479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Yao Li
- Shanghai Med-X Engineering Center for Medical Equipment and Technology, School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, People’s Republic of China
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- Shanghai Med-X Engineering Center for Medical Equipment and Technology, School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, People’s Republic of China
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- Shanghai Med-X Engineering Center for Medical Equipment and Technology, School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, People’s Republic of China
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- Shanghai Med-X Engineering Center for Medical Equipment and Technology, School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, People’s Republic of China
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- Shanghai Med-X Engineering Center for Medical Equipment and Technology, School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Pathology, XinHua Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200092, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Oncology, XinHua Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200092, People’s Republic of China
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- Shanghai Med-X Engineering Center for Medical Equipment and Technology, School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, People’s Republic of China
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- Shanghai Med-X Engineering Center for Medical Equipment and Technology, School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, People’s Republic of China
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Willadsen M, Chaise M, Yarovoy I, Zhang AQ, Parashurama N. Engineering molecular imaging strategies for regenerative medicine. Bioeng Transl Med 2018; 3:232-255. [PMID: 30377663 PMCID: PMC6195904 DOI: 10.1002/btm2.10114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2018] [Revised: 08/30/2018] [Accepted: 09/01/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The reshaping of the world's aging population has created an urgent need for therapies for chronic diseases. Regenerative medicine offers a ray of hope, and its complex solutions include material, cellular, or tissue systems. We review basics of regenerative medicine/stem cells and describe how the field of molecular imaging, which is based on quantitative, noninvasive, imaging of biological events in living subjects, can be applied to regenerative medicine in order to interrogate tissues in innovative, informative, and personalized ways. We consider aspects of regenerative medicine for which molecular imaging will benefit. Next, genetic and nanoparticle-based cell imaging strategies are discussed in detail, with modalities like magnetic resonance imaging, optical imaging (near infra-red, bioluminescence), raman microscopy, and photoacoustic microscopy), ultrasound, computed tomography, single-photon computed tomography, and positron emission tomography. We conclude with a discussion of "next generation" molecular imaging strategies, including imaging host tissues prior to cell/tissue transplantation.
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- Matthew Willadsen
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Furnas Hall Buffalo New York 14228
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- Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences University at Buffalo State University of New York 955 Main St., Buffalo, New York 14203
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Furnas Hall Buffalo New York 14228
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Furnas Hall Buffalo New York 14228
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Furnas Hall Buffalo New York 14228.,Department of Biomedical Engineering University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Bonner Hall Buffalo New York 14228.,Clinical and Translation Research Center (CTRC) University at Buffalo, State University of New York 875 Ellicott St., Buffalo, New York 14203
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Blei F. Update June 2017. Lymphat Res Biol 2017. [DOI: 10.1089/lrb.2017.29024.fb] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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