Fate and Effect of Intravenously Infused Mesenchymal Stem Cells in a Mouse Model of Hepatic Ischemia Reperfusion Injury and Resection

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In vivo cryoimaging of labeled MSC. MSC labeled with Qtracker 605, which stains live cells and infused directly after and imaged 2 hours after hepatic IRI are present in the lungs and not in the damaged liver. Many of the liver MSC are trapped in the lungs, but the majority of infused cells cannot be detected, suggesting that these cells are dead.