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Abstract #1000

Oxidative stress sensitive magnetization transfer MRI of prostate cancer

Rongwen Tain 1,2 , Michael Abern 3 , Karen Xie 1 , X. Joe Zhou 1,2 , and Kejia Cai 1,2

1 Radiology, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 2 Center for MR Research, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 3 Urology, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States

Reduction-oxidation (Redox) imbalance due to oxidative stress may occur in pathologies including cancer. Developing imaging biomarkers for oxidative stress is a key research area. Recently, we presented the first non-invasive MRI method for mapping the tissue redox state based on the endogenous Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer (CEST) contrast. It is well known that magnetization transfer (MT) can occur via chemical exchange (CEST) and/or dipole-dipole interactions (Nuclear Overhauser Enhancement or NOE). This study on ex vivo egg white tissues and in vivo prostate cancers demonstrated that MT in the broad definition is sensitive to oxidative stress through animal models.

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