title: Stem cell tracking by nanotechnologies.
abstract: Advances in stem cell research have provided important understanding of the cell biology and offered great promise for developing new strategies for tissue regeneration. The beneficial effects of stem cell therapy depend also by the development of new approachs for the track of stem cells in living subjects over time after transplantation. Recent developments in the use of nanotechnologies have contributed to advance of the high-resolution in vivo imaging methods, including positron emission tomography (PET), single-photon emission tomography (SPECT), magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, and X-Ray computed microtomography (microCT). This review examines the use of nanotechnologies for stem cell tracking.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Sciences, Fondazione IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Centro Dino Ferrari, Università di Milano, Italy.
authors.forename: Chiara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Villa
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Erratico
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Razini
authors.forename: Fabrizio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fiori
authors.forename: Franco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rustichelli
authors.forename: Yvan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Torrente
authors.forename: Marzia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Belicchi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D058948:Cell Tracking / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D011859:Radiography; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon