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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-6-2
pubmed:abstractText
Experimental mouse models are emerging as useful systems for the study of human brain tumors. Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) methods can noninvasively provide images of complex heterogeneous tissues such as experimental brain tumors. The current report demonstrates the feasibility of longitudinal high-resolution MRI in two mouse brain tumor models: patched heterozygous (ptc +/-) mice with spontaneously arising posterior fossa tumors that resemble human medulloblastoma, and homozygous nude mice implanted with intracerebral xenografts of human medulloblastoma cell lines. Methods were optimized to achieve favorable volumetric comparison with histologic methods and sub-millimeter resolution, improved by contrast enhancement with intravenous administration of a gadolinium-based agent. Results also show that experimental mice, even symptomatic mice, tolerate repeated serial imaging studies over weeks to months to follow tumor progression and to visualize placement of an intracerebral drug delivery system.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0167-594X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
62
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
259-67
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12777077-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12777077-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:12777077-Brain Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:12777077-Contrast Media, pubmed-meshheading:12777077-Disease Progression, pubmed-meshheading:12777077-Gadolinium DTPA, pubmed-meshheading:12777077-Heterozygote, pubmed-meshheading:12777077-Homozygote, pubmed-meshheading:12777077-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12777077-Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12777077-Magnetic Resonance Imaging, pubmed-meshheading:12777077-Male, pubmed-meshheading:12777077-Medulloblastoma, pubmed-meshheading:12777077-Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12777077-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:12777077-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:12777077-Mice, Nude, pubmed-meshheading:12777077-Receptors, Cell Surface, pubmed-meshheading:12777077-Transplantation, Heterologous, pubmed-meshheading:12777077-Tumor Cells, Cultured
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Magnetic resonance imaging of patched heterozygous and xenografted mouse brain tumors.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Neurology, Department of Neurosciences, Children's Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't