University of Parma 2 articles published in JoVE Immunology and Infection A Multimodal Imaging Approach Based on Micro-CT and Fluorescence Molecular Tomography for Longitudinal Assessment of Bleomycin-Induced Lung Fibrosis in Mice Francesca Ruscitti1, Francesca Ravanetti2, Gaetano Donofrio2, Yanto Ridwan3, Paula van Heijningen3, Jeroen Essers4, Gino Villetti1, Antonio Cacchioli2, Wim Vos5, Franco Fabio Stellari1 1Corporate Preclinical R&D, Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A., 2Department of Veterinary Science, University of Parma, 3Department of Molecular Genetics, Erasmus MC, 4Department of Molecular Genetics, Vascular Surgery, Radiation Oncology, Erasmus MC, 5Fluidda NV We describe a non-invasive multimodal imaging approach based on Micro-CT and fluorescence molecular tomography for longitudinal assessment of the mouse lung fibrosis model induced by double intratracheal instillation of bleomycin. Immunology and Infection An IL-8 Transiently Transgenized Mouse Model for the In Vivo Long-term Monitoring of Inflammatory Responses Gabriella Bergamini*1, Fabio Stellari*2, Angela Sandri*3, Maria M. Lleo3, Gaetano Donofrio4, Francesca Ruscitti5,2, Federico Boschi6, Andrea Sbarbati7, Gino Villetti2, Paola Melotti8, Claudio Sorio1 1Department of Medicine, General Pathology Division, Cystic Fibrosis Translational Research Laboratory "D. Lissandrini", University of Verona, 2Corporate Preclinical R&D, Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A., 3Department of Diagnostic and Public Health, Microbiology Division, University of Verona, 4Dipartimento di Scienze Medico-Veterinarie, University of Parma, 5Department of Biomedical Biotechnological and Translational Sciences, University of Parma, 6Department of Computer Science, University of Verona, 7Department of Neurological, Biomedical and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, 8Cystic Fibrosis Regional Center (CFC), AOUI Verona The method described here allows for the visualization of IL-8 promoter-dependent inflammation activation in the lungs of mice through non-invasive bioluminescence imaging (BLI). The same animal can be subjected to BLI multiple times for up to two months from the time of delivery of the luciferase reporter construct.
