2016
Iron in Multiple Sclerosis and Its Noninvasive Imaging with Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping
Stüber C, Pitt D, Wang Y. Iron in Multiple Sclerosis and Its Noninvasive Imaging with Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping. International Journal Of Molecular Sciences 2016, 17: 100. PMID: 26784172, PMCID: PMC4730342, DOI: 10.3390/ijms17010100.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMultiple sclerosisMagnetic resonance imagingBrain tissueQuantitative susceptibility mappingMS brain tissueAdvanced MRI methodsMS patientsChronic inflammationImmunohistochemical investigationBrain ironMyeloid cellsResonance imagingNon-invasive studyHistological studyRole of ironOxidative stressNoninvasive imagingSclerosisInflammationCellular distributionMRI methodsNeurodegenerationTissueImagingPatients
2014
Quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM) of white matter multiple sclerosis lesions: Interpreting positive susceptibility and the presence of iron
Wisnieff C, Ramanan S, Olesik J, Gauthier S, Wang Y, Pitt D. Quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM) of white matter multiple sclerosis lesions: Interpreting positive susceptibility and the presence of iron. Magnetic Resonance In Medicine 2014, 74: 564-570. PMID: 25137340, PMCID: PMC4333139, DOI: 10.1002/mrm.25420.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMultiple sclerosisQuantitative susceptibility mappingIron depositionMS brain tissueMicroglia/macrophagesWhite matter multiple sclerosis lesionsPresence of myelinMultiple sclerosis lesionsSubstantial iron depositionChronic inflammationMS lesionsSclerosis lesionsLesionsBrain tissueMyelinMicroglia