Christopher H. Contag

Publications

• Real-time analysis of uptake and bioactivatable cleavage of luciferin-transporter conjugates in transgenic reporter mice. Wender PA, Goun EA, Jones LR, Pillow TH, Rothbard JB, Shinde R, Contag CH. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007; 104 (25): 10340-5
• Synergistic antitumor effects of immune cell-viral biotherapy. Thorne SH, Negrin RS, Contag CH. Science. 2006; 311 (5768): 1780-4
• Extracellular replication of Listeria monocytogenes in the murine gall bladder. Hardy J, Francis KP, DeBoer M, Chu P, Gibbs K, Contag CH. Science. 2004; 303 (5659): 851-3
• Shifting foci of hematopoiesis during reconstitution from single stem cells. Cao YA, Wagers AJ, Beilhack A, Dusich J, Bachmann MH, Negrin RS, Weissman IL, Contag CH. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004; 101 (1): 221-6
• MYC inactivation uncovers pluripotent differentiation and tumour dormancy in hepatocellular cancer. Shachaf CM, Kopelman AM, Arvanitis C, Karlsson A, Beer S, Mandl S, Bachmann MH, Borowsky AD, Ruebner B, Cardiff RD, Yang Q, Bishop JM, Contag CH, Felsher DW. Nature. 2004; 431 (7012): 1112-7
• Visualizing gene expression in living mammals using a bioluminescent reporter. Contag CH, Spilman SD, Contag PR, Oshiro M, Eames B, Dennery P, Stevenson DK, Benaron DA. Photochem Photobiol. 1997; 66 (4): 523-31
• Photonic detection of bacterial pathogens in living hosts. Contag CH, Contag PR, Mullins JI, Spilman SD, Stevenson DK, Benaron DA. Mol Microbiol. 1995; 18 (4): 593-603
• Use of an endoscope-compatible probe to detect colonic dysplasia with Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Mackanos MA, Hargrove J, Wolters R, Du CB, Friedland S, Soetikno RM, Contag CH, Arroyo MR, Crawford JM, Wang TD. J Biomed Opt. 2009 Jul-Aug; 14 (4): 044006
• Laser-induced disruption of systemically administered liposomes for targeted drug delivery. Mackanos MA, Larabi M, Shinde R, Simanovskii DM, Guccione S, Contag CH. J Biomed Opt. 2009 Jul-Aug; 14 (4): 044009
• Trafficking mesenchymal stem cell engraftment and differentiation in tumor-bearing mice by bioluminescence imaging. Wang H, Cao F, De A, Cao Y, Contag C, Gambhir SS, Wu JC, Chen X. Stem Cells. 2009; 27 (7): 1548-58
• siRNA silencing of keratinocyte-specific GFP expression in a transgenic mouse skin model. Gonzalez-Gonzalez E, Ra H, Hickerson RP, Wang Q, Piyawattanametha W, Mandella MJ, Kino GS, Leake D, Avilion AA, Solgaard O, Doyle TC, Contag CH, Kaspar RL. Gene Ther. 2009; 16 (8): 963-72
• Lymphoid-tissue-specific homing of bone-marrow-derived dendritic cells. Creusot RJ, Yaghoubi SS, Chang P, Chia J, Contag CH, Gambhir SS, Fathman CG. Blood. 2009; 113 (26): 6638-47
• Comparison of transplantation of adipose tissue- and bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells in the infarcted heart. van der Bogt KE, Schrepfer S, Yu J, Sheikh AY, Hoyt G, Govaert JA, Velotta JB, Contag CH, Robbins RC, Wu JC. Transplantation. 2009; 87 (5): 642-52
• Quantifying cell-surface biomarker expression in thick tissues with ratiometric three-dimensional microscopy. Liu JT, Helms MW, Mandella MJ, Crawford JM, Kino GS, Contag CH. Biophys J. 2009; 96 (6): 2405-14
• Fibered confocal microscopy of bladder tumors: an ex vivo study. Sonn GA, Mach KE, Jensen K, Hsiung PL, Jones SN, Contag CH, Wang TD, Liao JC. J Endourol. 2009; 23 (2): 197-201
• CNOB/ChrR6, a new prodrug enzyme cancer chemotherapy. Thorne SH, Barak Y, Liang W, Bachmann MH, Rao J, Contag CH, Matin A. Mol Cancer Ther. 2009; 8 (2): 333-41
• Stem cell-mediated accelerated bone healing observed with in vivo molecular and small animal imaging technologies in a model of skeletal injury. Lee SW, Padmanabhan P, Ray P, Gambhir SS, Doyle T, Contag C, Goodman SB, Biswal S. J Orthop Res. 2009; 27 (3): 295-302
• FTIR microspectroscopy for improved prostate cancer diagnosis. Mackanos MA, Contag CH. Trends Biotechnol. 2009; 27 (12): 661-3
• Efficient rejection of scattered light enables deep optical sectioning in turbid media with low-numerical-aperture optics in a dual-axis confocal architecture. Liu JT, Mandella MJ, Crawford JM, Contag CH, Wang TD, Kino GS. J Biomed Opt. 2008 May-Jun; 13 (3): 034020
• In vivo analysis of heat-shock-protein-70 induction following pulsed laser irradiation in a transgenic reporter mouse. O'Connell-Rodwell CE, Mackanos MA, Simanovskii D, Cao YA, Bachmann MH, Schwettman HA, Contag CH. J Biomed Opt. 2008 May-Jun; 13 (3): 030501
• Comparison of different adult stem cell types for treatment of myocardial ischemia. van der Bogt KE, Sheikh AY, Schrepfer S, Hoyt G, Cao F, Ransohoff KJ, Swijnenburg RJ, Pearl J, Lee A, Fischbein M, Contag CH, Robbins RC, Wu JC. Circulation. 2008; 118 (14 Suppl): S121-9
• Three-dimensional in vivo imaging by a handheld dual-axes confocal microscope. Ra H, Piyawattanametha W, Mandella MJ, Hsiung PL, Hardy J, Wang TD, Contag CH, Kino GS, Solgaard O. Opt Express. 2008; 16 (10): 7224-32
• Heme oxygenase-1 deficiency leads to disrupted response to acute stress in stem cells and progenitors. Cao YA, Wagers AJ, Karsunky H, Zhao H, Reeves R, Wong RJ, Stevenson DK, Weissman IL, Contag CH. Blood. 2008; 112 (12): 4494-502
• Detection of colonic dysplasia in vivo using a targeted heptapeptide and confocal microendoscopy. Hsiung PL, Hsiung PL, Hardy J, Friedland S, Soetikno R, Du CB, Wu AP, Sahbaie P, Crawford JM, Lowe AW, Contag CH, Wang TD. Nat Med. 2008; 14 (4): 454-8
• Prevention of acute graft-versus-host disease by blocking T-cell entry to secondary lymphoid organs. Beilhack A, Schulz S, Baker J, Beilhack GF, Nishimura R, Baker EM, Landan G, Herman EI, Butcher EC, Contag CH, Negrin RS. Blood. 2008; 111 (5): 2919-28
• Regulation of maternal and fetal hemodynamics by heme oxygenase in mice. Zhao H, Wong RJ, Doyle TC, Nayak N, Vreman HJ, Contag CH, Stevenson DK. Biol Reprod. 2008; 78 (4): 744-51
• Sustained release of drugs dispersed in polymer nanoparticles. Jacobson GB, Shinde R, Contag CH, Zare RN. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2008; 47 (41): 7880-2
• Chemical control of protein stability and function in living mice. Banaszynski LA, Sellmyer MA, Contag CH, Wandless TJ, Thorne SH. Nat Med. 2008; 14 (10): 1123-7
• In vivo dynamics of regulatory T-cell trafficking and survival predict effective strategies to control graft-versus-host disease following allogeneic transplantation. Nguyen VH, Zeiser R, Dasilva DL, Chang DS, Beilhack A, Contag CH, Negrin RS. Blood. 2007; 109 (6): 2649-56
• Delivery and inhibition of reporter genes by small interfering RNAs in a mouse skin model. Wang Q, Ilves H, Chu P, Contag CH, Leake D, Johnston BH, Kaspar RL. J Invest Dermatol. 2007; 127 (11): 2577-84
• Accelerated bone repair after plasma laser corticotomies. Leucht P, Lam K, Kim JB, Mackanos MA, Simanovskii DM, Longaker MT, Contag CH, Schwettman HA, Helms JA. Ann Surg. 2007; 246 (1): 140-50
• Methods for imaging cell fates in hematopoiesis. Duda J, Karimi M, Negrin RS, Contag CH. Methods Mol Med. 2007: 134 17-34
• Detection of endogenous biomolecules in Barrett's esophagus by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Wang TD, Triadafilopoulos G, Crawford JM, Dixon LR, Bhandari T, Sahbaie P, Friedland S, Soetikno R, Contag CH. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007; 104 (40): 15864-9
• Molecular imaging of bone marrow mononuclear cell homing and engraftment in ischemic myocardium. Sheikh AY, Lin SA, Cao F, Cao Y, van der Bogt KE, Chu P, Chang CP, Contag CH, Robbins RC, Wu JC. Stem Cells. 2007; 25 (10): 2677-84
• Functional imaging of colonic mucosa with a fibered confocal microscope for real-time in vivo pathology. Wang TD, Friedland S, Sahbaie P, Soetikno R, Hsiung PL, Liu JT, Crawford JM, Contag CH. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2007; 5 (11): 1300-5
• In vivo pathology: seeing with molecular specificity and cellular resolution in the living body. Contag CH, Annu Rev Pathol. 2007: 2 277-305
• Miniature near-infrared dual-axes confocal microscope utilizing a two-dimensional microelectromechanical systems scanner. Liu JT, Mandella MJ, Ra H, Wong LK, Solgaard O, Kino GS, Piyawattanametha W, Contag CH, Wang TD. Opt Lett. 2007; 32 (3): 256-8
• Design and evaluation of a variable aperture collimator for conformal radiotherapy of small animals using a microCT scanner. Graves EE, Zhou H, Chatterjee R, Keall PJ, Gambhir SS, Contag CH, Boyer AL. Med Phys. 2007; 34 (11): 4359-67
• Early CD30 signaling is critical for adoptively transferred CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells in prevention of acute graft-versus-host disease. Zeiser R, Nguyen VH, Hou JZ, Beilhack A, Zambricki E, Buess M, Contag CH, Negrin RS. Blood. 2007; 109 (5): 2225-33
• The potential Salmonella aroA- vaccine strain is safe and effective in young BALB/c mice. Burns-Guydish SM, Zhao H, Stevenson DK, Contag CH. Neonatology. 2007; 91 (2): 114-20
• Combining immune cell and viral therapy for the treatment of cancer. Thorne SH, Contag CH. Cell Mol Life Sci. 2007; 64 (12): 1449-51
• Dual-axes confocal reflectance microscope for distinguishing colonic neoplasia. Liu JT, Mandella MJ, Friedland S, Soetikno R, Crawford JM, Contag CH, Kino GS, Wang TD. J Biomed Opt. 2006 Sep-Oct; 11 (5): 054019
• Intracellular cargo delivery by an octaarginine transporter adapted to target prostate cancer cells through cell surface protease activation. Goun EA, Shinde R, Dehnert KW, Adams-Bond A, Wender PA, Contag CH, Franc BL. Bioconjug Chem. 2006 May-Jun; 17 (3): 787-96
• Induced biliary excretion of Listeria monocytogenes. Hardy J, Margolis JJ, Contag CH. Infect Immun. 2006; 74 (3): 1819-27
• Inhibition of CD4+CD25+ regulatory T-cell function by calcineurin-dependent interleukin-2 production. Zeiser R, Nguyen VH, Beilhack A, Buess M, Schulz S, Baker J, Contag CH, Negrin RS. Blood. 2006; 108 (1): 390-9
• New enzyme for reductive cancer chemotherapy, YieF, and its improvement by directed evolution. Barak Y, Thorne SH, Ackerley DF, Lynch SV, Contag CH, Matin A. Mol Cancer Ther. 2006; 5 (1): 97-103
• Enhanced killing of primary ovarian cancer by retargeting autologous cytokine-induced killer cells with bispecific antibodies: a preclinical study. Chan JK, Hamilton CA, Cheung MK, Karimi M, Baker J, Gall JM, Schulz S, Thorne SH, Teng NN, Contag CH, Lum LG, Negrin RS. Clin Cancer Res. 2006; 12 (6): 1859-67
• Releasable luciferin-transporter conjugates: tools for the real-time analysis of cellular uptake and release. Jones LR, Goun EA, Shinde R, Rothbard JB, Contag CH, Wender PA. J Am Chem Soc. 2006; 128 (20): 6526-7
• In vivo imaging using bioluminescence: a tool for probing graft-versus-host disease. Negrin RS, Contag CH. Nat Rev Immunol. 2006; 6 (6): 484-90
• Cellular tolerance to pulsed hyperthermia. Simanovskii DM, Mackanos MA, Irani AR, O'Connell-Rodwell CE, Contag CH, Schwettman HA, Palanker DV. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2006; 74 (1 Pt 1): 011915
• The effectiveness of oral tin mesoporphyrin prophylaxis in reducing bilirubin production after an oral heme load in a transgenic mouse model. DeSandre GH, Wong RJ, Morioka I, Contag CH, Stevenson DK. Biol Neonate. 2006; 89 (3): 139-46
• Systemic effects of orally-administered zinc and tin (IV) metalloporphyrins on heme oxygenase expression in mice. Morioka I, Wong RJ, Abate A, Vreman HJ, Contag CH, Stevenson DK. Pediatr Res. 2006; 59 (5): 667-72
• Molecular imaging using visible light to reveal biological changes in the brain. Contag CH, Neuroimaging Clin N Am. 2006; 16 (4): 633-54, ix
• Selective intratumoral amplification of an antiangiogenic vector by an oncolytic virus produces enhanced antivascular and anti-tumor efficacy. Thorne SH, Tam BY, Kirn DH, Contag CH, Kuo CJ. Mol Ther. 2006; 13 (5): 938-46
• Expression and regulation of heme oxygenase isozymes in the developing mouse cortex. Zhao H, Wong RJ, Nguyen X, Kalish F, Mizobuchi M, Vreman HJ, Stevenson DK, Contag CH. Pediatr Res. 2006; 60 (5): 518-23
• Luciferin derivatives for enhanced in vitro and in vivo bioluminescence assays. Shinde R, Perkins J, Contag CH. Biochemistry. 2006; 45 (37): 11103-12
• Bone morphogenetic protein 2 and retinoic acid accelerate in vivo bone formation, osteoclast recruitment, and bone turnover. Cowan CM, Aalami OO, Shi YY, Chou YF, Mari C, Thomas R, Quarto N, Nacamuli RP, Contag CH, Wu B, Longaker MT. Tissue Eng. 2005 Mar-Apr; 11 (3-4): 645-58
• Emission spectra of bioluminescent reporters and interaction with mammalian tissue determine the sensitivity of detection in vivo. Zhao H, Doyle TC, Coquoz O, Kalish F, Rice BW, Contag CH. J Biomed Opt. 2005 Jul-Aug; 10 (4): 41210
• Adoptive transfer of mast cells does not enhance the impaired survival of Kit(W)/Kit(W-v) mice in a model of low dose intraperitoneal infection with bioluminescent Salmonella typhimurium. Chatterjea D, Burns-Guydish SM, Sciuto TE, Dvorak A, Contag CH, Galli SJ. Immunol Lett. 2005; 99 (1): 122-9
• Bioluminescence regenerative cycle (BRC) system: theoretical considerations for nucleic acid quantification assays. Hassibi A, Contag C, Vlad MO, Hafezi M, Lee TH, Davis RW, Pourmand N. Biophys Chem. 2005; 116 (3): 175-85
• In vivo analyses of early events in acute graft-versus-host disease reveal sequential infiltration of T-cell subsets. Beilhack A, Schulz S, Baker J, Beilhack GF, Wieland CB, Herman EI, Baker EM, Cao YA, Contag CH, Negrin RS. Blood. 2005; 106 (3): 1113-22
• Monitoring age-related susceptibility of young mice to oral Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium infection using an in vivo murine model. Burns-Guydish SM, Olomu IN, Zhao H, Wong RJ, Stevenson DK, Contag CH. Pediatr Res. 2005; 58 (1): 153-8
• Small hairpin RNAs efficiently inhibit hepatitis C IRES-mediated gene expression in human tissue culture cells and a mouse model. Wang Q, Contag CH, Ilves H, Johnston BH, Kaspar RL. Mol Ther. 2005; 12 (3): 562-8
• Global analysis of Smad2/3-dependent TGF-beta signaling in living mice reveals prominent tissue-specific responses to injury. Lin AH, Luo J, Mondshein LH, ten Dijke P, Vivien D, Contag CH, Wyss-Coray T. J Immunol. 2005; 175 (1): 547-54
• Molecular imaging using labeled donor tissues reveals patterns of engraftment, rejection, and survival in transplantation. Cao YA, Bachmann MH, Beilhack A, Yang Y, Tanaka M, Swijnenburg RJ, Reeves R, Taylor-Edwards C, Schulz S, Doyle TC, Fathman CG, Robbins RC, Herzenberg LA, Negrin RS, Contag CH. Transplantation. 2005; 80 (1): 134-9
• In vivo visualization of cardiac allograft rejection and trafficking passenger leukocytes using bioluminescence imaging. Tanaka M, Swijnenburg RJ, Gunawan F, Cao YA, Yang Y, Caffarelli AD, de Bruin JL, Contag CH, Robbins RC. Circulation. 2005; 112 (9 Suppl): I105-10
• Breast-milk shedding of drug-resistant HIV-1 subtype C in women exposed to single-dose nevirapine. Lee EJ, Kantor R, Zijenah L, Sheldon W, Emel L, Mateta P, Johnston E, Wells J, Shetty AK, Coovadia H, Maldonado Y, Jones SA, Mofenson LM, Contag CH, Bassett M, Katzenstein DA. J Infect Dis. 2005; 192 (7): 1260-4
• Ex vivo expanded dendritic cells home to T-cell zones of lymphoid organs and survive in vivo after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. Schimmelpfennig CH, Schulz S, Arber C, Baker J, Tarner I, McBride J, Contag CH, Negrin RS. Am J Pathol. 2005; 167 (5): 1321-31
• Confocal fluorescence microscope with dual-axis architecture and biaxial postobjective scanning. Wang TD, Contag CH, Mandella MJ, Chan NY, Kino GS. J Biomed Opt. 2004 Jul-Aug; 9 (4): 735-42
• Multi-modality imaging identifies key times for annexin V imaging as an early predictor of therapeutic outcome. Mandl SJ, Mari C, Edinger M, Negrin RS, Tait JF, Contag CH, Blankenberg FG. Mol Imaging. 2004; 3 (1): 1-8
• Characterization of coelenterazine analogs for measurements of Renilla luciferase activity in live cells and living animals. Zhao H, Doyle TC, Wong RJ, Cao Y, Stevenson DK, Piwnica-Worms D, Contag CH. Mol Imaging. 2004; 3 (1): 43-54
• Adipose-derived adult stromal cells heal critical-size mouse calvarial defects. Cowan CM, Shi YY, Aalami OO, Chou YF, Mari C, Thomas R, Quarto N, Contag CH, Wu B, Longaker MT. Nat Biotechnol. 2004; 22 (5): 560-7
• The E47 transcription factor negatively regulates CD5 expression during thymocyte development. Yang Y, Contag CH, Felsher D, Shachaf CM, Cao Y, Herzenberg LA, Herzenberg LA, Tung JW. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004; 101 (11): 3898-902
• Tumor imaging using a standardized radiolabeled adapter protein docked to vascular endothelial growth factor. Blankenberg FG, Mandl S, Cao YA, O'Connell-Rodwell C, Contag C, Mari C, Gaynutdinov TI, Vanderheyden JL, Backer MV, Backer JM. J Nucl Med. 2004; 45 (8): 1373-80
• A genetic reporter of thermal stress defines physiologic zones over a defined temperature range. O'Connell-Rodwell CE, Shriver D, Simanovskii DM, McClure C, Cao YA, Zhang W, Bachmann MH, Beckham JT, Jansen ED, Palanker D, Schwettman HA, Contag CH. FASEB J. 2004; 18 (2): 264-71
• In vivo bioluminescence imaging for integrated studies of infection. Doyle TC, Burns SM, Contag CH. Cell Microbiol. 2004; 6 (4): 303-17
• Apoptosis in a rodent model of cranial suture fusion: in situ imaging and gene expression analysis. Fong KD, Song HM, Nacamuli RP, Franc BL, Mari C, Fang TD, Warren SM, Contag CH, Blankenberg FG, Longaker MT. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2004; 113 (7): 2037-47
• Effects of metalloporphyrins on heme oxygenase-1 transcription: correlative cell culture assays guide in vivo imaging. Hajdena-Dawson M, Zhang W, Contag PR, Wong RJ, Vreman HJ, Stevenson DK, Contag CH. Mol Imaging. 2003; 2 (3): 138-49
• Treatment of autoimmune disease by adoptive cellular gene therapy. Tarner IH, Slavin AJ, McBride J, Levicnik A, Smith R, Nolan GP, Contag CH, Fathman CG. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2003: 998 512-9
• A potent and specific morpholino antisense inhibitor of hepatitis C translation in mice. McCaffrey AP, Meuse L, Karimi M, Contag CH, Kay MA. Hepatology. 2003; 38 (2): 503-8
• Dual-axis confocal microscope for high-resolution in vivo imaging. Wang TD, Mandella MJ, Contag CH, Kino GS. Opt Lett. 2003; 28 (6): 414-6
• Advancing molecular therapies through in vivo bioluminescent imaging. McCaffrey A, Kay MA, Contag CH. Mol Imaging. 2003; 2 (2): 75-86
• Dual-axes confocal microscopy with post-objective scanning and low-coherence heterodyne detection. Wang TD, Contag CH, Mandella MJ, Chan NY, Kino GS. Opt Lett. 2003; 28 (20): 1915-7
• Revealing lymphoma growth and the efficacy of immune cell therapies using in vivo bioluminescence imaging. Edinger M, Cao YA, Verneris MR, Bachmann MH, Contag CH, Negrin RS. Blood. 2003; 101 (2): 640-8
• Myeloid progenitors protect against invasive aspergillosis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. BitMansour A, Burns SM, Traver D, Akashi K, Contag CH, Weissman IL, Brown JM. Blood. 2002; 100 (13): 4660-7
• Selection of potential therapeutics based on in vivo spatiotemporal transcription patterns of heme oxygenase-1. Zhang W, Contag PR, Hardy J, Zhao H, Vreman HJ, Hajdena-Dawson M, Wong RJ, Stevenson DK, Contag CH. J Mol Med. 2002; 80 (10): 655-64
• Retroviral gene therapy of collagen-induced arthritis by local delivery of IL-4. Tarner IH, Nakajima A, Seroogy CM, Ermann J, Levicnik A, Contag CH, Fathman CG. Clin Immunol. 2002; 105 (3): 304-14
• Understanding immune cell trafficking patterns via in vivo bioluminescence imaging. Mandl S, Schimmelpfennig C, Edinger M, Negrin RS, Contag CH. J Cell Biochem Suppl. 2002: 39 239-48
• Visualization of tumor growth and response to NK-T cell based immunotherapy using bioluminescence. Negrin RS, Edinger M, Verneris M, Cao YA, Bachmann M, Contag ChH. Ann Hematol. 2002: 81 Suppl 2 S44-5
• Adoptive cellular gene therapy of autoimmune disease. Slavin AJ, Tarner IH, Nakajima A, Urbanek-Ruiz I, McBride J, Contag CH, Fathman CG. Autoimmun Rev. 2002; 1 (4): 213-9
• Advancing animal models of neoplasia through in vivo bioluminescence imaging. Edinger M, Cao YA, Hornig YS, Jenkins DE, Verneris MR, Bachmann MH, Negrin RS, Contag CH. Eur J Cancer. 2002; 38 (16): 2128-36
• Regulation of intestine-specific spatiotemporal expression by the rat lactase promoter. Lee SY, Wang Z, Lin CK, Contag CH, Olds LC, Cooper AD, Sibley E. J Biol Chem. 2002; 277 (15): 13099-105
• Advances in in vivo bioluminescence imaging of gene expression. Contag CH, Bachmann MH. Annu Rev Biomed Eng. 2002: 4 235-60
• It's not just about anatomy: in vivo bioluminescence imaging as an eyepiece into biology. Contag CH, Ross BD. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2002; 16 (4): 378-87
• Visualization of effective tumor targeting by CD8+ natural killer T cells redirected with bispecific antibody F(ab')(2)HER2xCD3. Scheffold C, Kornacker M, Scheffold YC, Contag CH, Negrin RS. Cancer Res. 2002; 62 (20): 5785-91
• In vivo patterns of heme oxygenase-1 transcription. Contag CH, Stevenson DK. J Perinatol. 2001: 21 Suppl 1 S119-24; discussion S125-7
• Revealing the spatiotemporal patterns of bacterial infectious diseases using bioluminescent pathogens and whole body imaging. Burns SM, Joh D, Francis KP, Shortliffe LD, Gruber CA, Contag PR, Contag CH. Contrib Microbiol. 2001: 9 71-88
• Bioluminescence imaging of lymphocyte trafficking in vivo. Hardy J, Edinger M, Bachmann MH, Negrin RS, Fathman CG, Contag CH. Exp Hematol. 2001; 29 (12): 1353-60
• Rapid in vivo functional analysis of transgenes in mice using whole body imaging of luciferase expression. Zhang W, Feng JQ, Harris SE, Contag PR, Stevenson DK, Contag CH. Transgenic Res. 2001; 10 (5): 423-34
• Adoptive immunotherapy of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis via T cell delivery of the IL-12 p40 subunit. Costa GL, Sandora MR, Nakajima A, Nguyen EV, Taylor-Edwards C, Slavin AJ, Contag CH, Fathman CG, Benson JM. J Immunol. 2001; 167 (4): 2379-87
• Antigen-specific T cell-mediated gene therapy in collagen-induced arthritis. Nakajima A, Seroogy CM, Sandora MR, Tarner IH, Costa GL, Taylor-Edwards C, Bachmann MH, Contag CH, Fathman CG. J Clin Invest. 2001; 107 (10): 1293-301
• Carbon monoxide and bilirubin production in neonates. Stevenson DK, Vreman HJ, Wong RJ, Contag CH. Semin Perinatol. 2001; 25 (2): 85-93
• Use of reporter genes for optical measurements of neoplastic disease in vivo. Contag CH, Jenkins D, Contag PR, Negrin RS. Neoplasia. 2000 Jan-Apr; 2 (1-2): 41-52
• HO-1 expression in type II pneumocytes after transpulmonary gene delivery. Weng YH, Tatarov A, Bartos BP, Contag CH, Dennery PA. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2000; 278 (6): L1273-9
• HIV type 1 envelope subtype C sequences from recent seroconverters in Zimbabwe. Batra M, Tien PC, Shafer RW, Contag CH, Katzenstein DA. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2000; 16 (10): 973-9
• Carbon monoxide detection and biological investigations. Stevenson DK, Vreman HJ, Wong RJ, Dennery PA, Contag CH. Trans Am Clin Climatol Assoc. 2000: 111 61-75
• Bioluminescence for biological sensing in living mammals. Zhang W, Contag PR, Madan A, Stevenson DK, Contag CH. Adv Exp Med Biol. 1999: 471 775-84
• Visualizing the kinetics of tumor-cell clearance in living animals. Sweeney TJ, Mailänder V, Tucker AA, Olomu AB, Zhang W, Cao Y, Negrin RS, Contag CH. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999; 96 (21): 12044-9
• Primary subtype C HIV-1 infection in Harare, Zimbabwe. Tien PC, Chiu T, Latif A, Ray S, Batra M, Contag CH, Zejena L, Mbizvo M, Delwart EL, Mullins JI, Katzenstein DA. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr Hum Retrovirol. 1999; 20 (2): 147-53
• Noninvasive assessment of tumor cell proliferation in animal models. Edinger M, Sweeney TJ, Tucker AA, Olomu AB, Negrin RS, Contag CH. Neoplasia. 1999; 1 (4): 303-10
• Bioluminescent indicators in living mammals. Contag PR, Olomu IN, Stevenson DK, Contag CH. Nat Med. 1998; 4 (2): 245-7
• Mother-to-infant transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 involving five envelope sequence subtypes. Contag CH, Ehrnst A, Duda J, Bohlin AB, Lindgren S, Learn GH, Mullins JI. J Virol. 1997; 71 (2): 1292-300
• Simian immunodeficiency virus from Old World monkeys Contag, Christopher H., Stephen Dewhurst, Gregory A. Viglianti and James I. Mullins. The Human Retroviruses. 1991: 245-276