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Kaggie, Joshua D., Markides, Hareklea, Graves, Martin J., Mackay, James 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7558-3800, Houston, Gavin, El Haj, Alicia, Gilbert, Fiona and Henson, Frances
(2020)
Ultra short echo time MRI of iron-labelled mesenchymal stem cells in an ovine osteochondral defect model.
Scientific Reports, 10.
ISSN 2045-2322
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Abstract
Multipotent Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal Cells (MSCs) are widely used in cellular therapy for joint repair. However, the use of MSC therapies is complicated by a lack of understanding of the behaviour of cells and repair within the joint. Current methods of MSC tracking include labelling the cells with Super Paramagnetic Iron Oxide nanoparticles (SPIOs). However, standard acquisition sequences (T2 and T2*) give poor anatomical definition in the presence of SPIOs. To avoid anatomical compromise in the presence of SPIOs, we have investigated the use of Ultra-short Echo Time (UTE) MRI, using a 3D cones acquisition trajectory. This method was used to track SPIO labelled MSC injected into joints containing osteochondral defects in experimental sheep. This study demonstrates that multiple echo times from UTE with 3 T MRI can provide excellent anatomical detail of osteochondral defects and demonstrate similar features to histology. This work also monitors the location of SPIO-labelled cells for regenerative medicine of the knee with MRI, histology, and Prussian blue staining. With these methods, we show that the SPIOs do not hone to the site of defect but instead aggregate in the location of injection, which suggests that any repair mechanism with this disease model must trigger a secondary process.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Jun 2020 00:06 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Jul 2023 10:30 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/75497 |
| DOI: | 10.1038/s41598-020-64423-4 |
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