<em>In vivo</em> Macrophage Imaging Using MR Targeted Contrast Agent for Longitudinal Evaluation of Septic Arthritis
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In vivo macrophage imaging using MR targeted contrast agent for longitudinal evaluation of septic arthritis.
Macrophages are key-cells in the initiation, the development and the regulation of the inflammatory response to bacterial infection. Macrophages are intensively and increasingly recruited in septic joints from the early phases of infection and the infiltration is supposed to regress once efficient removal of the pathogens is obtained. The ability to identify in vivo macrophage activity in an in...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Visualized Experiments
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1940-087X
DOI: 10.3791/50296