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Pulse-modulated second harmonic imaging microscope quantitatively demonstrates marked increase of collagen in tumor after chemotherapy

  • Anju M. Raja
  • , Shuoyu Xu
  • , Wanxin Sun
  • , Jianbiao Zhou
  • , Dean C.S. Tai
  • , Chien Shing Chen
  • , Jagath C. Rajapakse
  • , Peter T.C. So
  • , Hanry Yu

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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 languageEnglish
Article number056016
JournalJournal of Biomedical Optics
Volume15
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 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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