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Table 1 Experimental details of studies, mouse strains, cell types, route of administration, dose and number of animals studied

From: Non-invasive imaging reveals conditions that impact distribution and persistence of cells after in vivo administration

Study

Mouse strain

Cell type

Route

Dose

Number of animals

BLI short-term biodistribution (and MSOT for RAW macrophages)

BALB/c

mMSC

IV and IC

1.0 × 106

Minimum n = 3 for each cell type and administration route

BALB/c

mKSC

IV and IC

1.0 × 106

BALB/c

hUC-MSC

IV and IC

1.0 × 106

BALB/c

hBM-MSC

IV and IC

5.0 × 105

BALB/c

hKC

IV and IC

0.3 × 105

BALB/c

Macrophages

IV and IC

1.0 × 107

BLI long-term biodistribution

BALB/c SCID

mMSC

IV

1.0 × 106

n = 3

BALB/c SCID

mMSC

IC

1.0 × 106

n = 5

BALB/c

mMSC

IC

1.0 × 106

n = 4

FVB

mMSC

IC

1.0 × 106

n = 4

MF1

mMSC

IC

1.0 × 106

n = 4

BALB/c SCID

hUC-MSC

IV

1.0 × 106

n = 13

BALB/c SCID

hUC-MSC

IC

1.0 × 106

n = 3

BALB/c SCID

hUC-MSC

IV

5.0 × 105

n = 6

BALB/c SCID

hUC-MSC

IC

5.0 × 105

n = 14

BALB/c SCID

hBM-MSC

IV

5.0 × 105

n = 6

BALB/c SCID

hBM-MSC

IC

5.0 × 105

n = 6

MRI cell tracking

BALB/c

mMSC

IV

1.0 × 106

n = 2

BALB/c

mMSC

IC

1.0 × 106

n = 7

  1. Cell numbers for IC administration had to be individually optimised for each cell type used since mice responded severely to higher numbers of some of the cell types after injection into the left ventricle. Administered cell numbers caused no health problems after IV injection in any of the cell types used