Images in cardiovascular medicine. Multispectral near-infrared fluorescence molecular imaging of matrix metalloproteinases in a human carotid plaque using a matrix-degrading metalloproteinase-sensitive activatable fluorescent probe

Circulation. 2009 May 26;119(20):e534-6. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.821389.

Authors

Bastiaan M Wallis de Vries¹, Jan-Luuk Hillebrands, Gooitzen M van Dam, René A Tio, Johannes S de Jong, Riemer H J A Slart, Clark J Zeebregts

Affiliation

¹ Department of Surgery, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.

PMID: 19470893
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.821389

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged
Carotid Artery Diseases / diagnosis
Carotid Artery Diseases / enzymology
Carotid Artery Diseases / pathology*
Diagnostic Imaging / methods
Female
Humans
Matrix Metalloproteinase 9 / analysis
Matrix Metalloproteinases / analysis*
Spectroscopy, Near-Infrared / methods*
Tissue Distribution

Substances

Matrix Metalloproteinases
Matrix Metalloproteinase 9