2022
MR Imaging–Based In Vivo Macrophage Imaging to Monitor Immune Response after Radiofrequency Ablation of the Liver
Santana J, Petukhova-Greenstein A, Gross M, Hyder F, Pekurovsky V, Gottwald L, Boustani A, Walsh J, Kucukkaya A, Malpani R, Madoff D, Goldberg S, Ahmed M, Joshi N, Coman D, Chapiro J. MR Imaging–Based In Vivo Macrophage Imaging to Monitor Immune Response after Radiofrequency Ablation of the Liver. Journal Of Vascular And Interventional Radiology 2022, 34: 395-403.e5. PMID: 36423815, PMCID: PMC11042914, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2022.11.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImmune responseT1-weighted MRPrussian blue stainingRadiofrequency ablationRF ablationC57BL/6 wild-type miceMR imagingDose-escalation studyLocal immune responseMass cytometryWild-type miceRadiological-pathological correlationBlue stainingT1-weighted MR imagingHepatic radiofrequency ablationCD68 antibodyUntreated lobeVivo doseHepatic RF ablationVivo macrophagesMacrophagesMiceMR imaging scannerCoagulation areaCD68
2020
Molecular MRI of the Immuno-Metabolic Interplay in a Rabbit Liver Tumor Model: A Biomarker for Resistance Mechanisms in Tumor-targeted Therapy?
Savic LJ, Doemel LA, Schobert IT, Montgomery RR, Joshi N, Walsh JJ, Santana J, Pekurovsky V, Zhang X, Lin M, Adam L, Boustani A, Duncan J, Leng L, Bucala RJ, Goldberg SN, Hyder F, Coman D, Chapiro J. Molecular MRI of the Immuno-Metabolic Interplay in a Rabbit Liver Tumor Model: A Biomarker for Resistance Mechanisms in Tumor-targeted Therapy? Radiology 2020, 296: 575-583. PMID: 32633675, PMCID: PMC7434651, DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2020200373.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImmuno-oncologic therapiesConventional transarterial chemoembolizationTransarterial chemoembolizationIntratumoral immune cell infiltrationMR spectroscopyRabbit liver tumor modelPrussian blue iron stainingAntigen-presenting immune cellsIntra-arterial infusionImmune cell infiltrationNew Zealand white rabbitsLiver tumor modelImmune cell exclusionLiver cancer modelContrast material administrationT2-weighted MRIZealand white rabbitsT2-weighted imagingResistance mechanismsImmunosuppressive tumorHLA-DRCell infiltrationImmune cellsImmunohistochemistry stainingRing enhancement