Noninvasive positron emission tomography and fluorescence imaging of CD133+ tumor stem cells.
Authors:Gaedicke S, Braun F, Prasad S, Machein M, Firat E, Hettich M, Gudihal R, Zhu X, Klingner K, Schüler J, Herold-Mende CC, Grosu AL, Behe M, Weber W, Mäcke H, Niedermann G,
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PubMed ID:24469819
'A technology that visualizes tumor stem cells with clinically relevant tracers could have a broad impact on cancer diagnosis and treatment. The AC133 epitope of CD133 currently is one of the best-characterized tumor stem cell markers for many intra- and extracranial tumor entities. Here we demonstrate the successful noninvasive detection ... More