Abstract
Pulse-modulated second harmonic imaging microscopes (PM-SHIMs) exhibit improved signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) over conventional SHIMs on sensitive imaging and quantification of weak collagen signals inside tissues. We quantify the spatial distribution of sparse collagen inside a xenograft model of human acute myeloid leukemia (AML) tumor specimens treated with a new drug against receptor tyrosine kinase (ABT-869), and observe a significant increase in collagen area percentage, collagen fiber length, fiber width, and fiber number after chemotherapy. This finding reveals new insights into tumor responses to chemotherapy and suggests caution in developing new drugs and therapeutic regimens against cancers.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Article number | 056016 |
| Journal | Journal of Biomedical Optics |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Sep 2010 |
ASJC Scopus Subject Areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Biomaterials
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- Biomedical Engineering
Keywords
- collagen modulation postchemotherapy
- drug resistance
- pulse modulation
- second harmonic generation imaging
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