Vascular cell adhesion molecule-1-targeted detection of endothelial activation in human microvasculature
Sadeghi MM, Schechner JS, Krassilnikova S, Gharaei AA, Zhang J, Kirkiles-Smith N, Sinusas AJ, Zaret BL, Bender JR. Vascular cell adhesion molecule-1-targeted detection of endothelial activation in human microvasculature. Transplantation Proceedings 2004, 36: 1585-1591. PMID: 15251390, DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2004.05.060.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChimeric human/mouse modelHuman/mouse modelHuman skin graftsEndothelial activationSkin graftsEndothelial cellsMouse modelIsotype-matched control antibodySCID/beige miceTumor necrosis factorEndothelial adhesion moleculesMurine VCAM-1Murine red blood cellsRed blood cellsHuman endothelial cellsControl antibodyInflammatory responseNecrosis factorBeige miceTc-99mVCAM-1Tissue vascularityMonoclonal antibodiesBlood cellsAdhesion molecules