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Biomarker Enables Molecular Specific Optical Detection of Transplant Rejection
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Biomarker Enables Molecular Specific Optical Detection of Transplant Rejection

Qiang Tu, Yoon Gi Chung, Dianjun Cao, Shuko Harada, Christine S. Cheng, Howard J Eisen and Chang Chang
World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, September 7 - 12, 2009, Munich, Germany, pp 740-743
2009

Abstract

cardiac allograft heart transplantation Raman spectroscopy rejection surveillance serotonin
Using serotonin as the biomarker, spatially re-solved Raman spectroscopy successfully detects heart transplant rejection without exogenous labeling and chemical fixation. The strong and characteristic Raman spectral signature of serotonin enables this direct optical detection without re-sorting to complicated data processing procedures. As the role of serotonin in various immune responses becomes increasingly recognized, this work presents a new paradigm in utilizing Raman spectroscopy as a clinically viable molecular specific diagnostic tool.

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