Noninvasive Tracking of Transplanted Cells Using SPECT Imaging

Abstract

Transplantation of stem cells has been developed as a promising strategy for the treatment of ischemic heart disease. In parallel, several strategies for the noninvasive visualization of transplanted stem cells have been developed, as understanding the cell dynamics after transplantation is important for stem cell therapy. In this paper, I would like to introduce the recent publication relating to the cell sheet tracking technique using SPECT with human sodium/iodide symporter as a reporter gene.