Farouc Jaffer, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Director of Vascular Imaging, Cardiovascular Molecular Imaging Program, CMIR
Assistant in Medicine and Attending Interventional Cardiologist, Massachusetts General Hospital
Assistant in Research, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital
Phone: 617-724-9353
Email: fjaffer@mgh.harvard.edu
Our lab is interested in applying molecular imaging technology to 1) understand the evolution and therapy of inflammation in atherosclerosis though serial,
high-resolution imaging and 2) developed translatable, catheter-based fluorescence technology to study vascular disease in human coronary sized arteries
Active research interests include:
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Multimodality molecular imaging of atherothrombotic vascular disease
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Intravascular catheter-based fluorescence molecular imaging in preclinical models
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Nanotechnological therapies for atherosclerosis and thrombosis
Publications
Min JK, Leipsic J, Pencina MJ, Berman DS, Koo BK, van Mieghem C, Erglis A, Lin FY, Dunning AM, Apruzzese P, Budoff MJ, Cole JH, Jaffer FA, Leon MB, Malpeso J, Mancini GB, Park SJ, Schwartz RS, Shaw LJ, Mauri L
Diagnostic Accuracy of Fractional Flow Reserve From Anatomic CT Angiography.
JAMA-J Am Med Assoc. 2012;:1-9 - PMID: 22922562
Moon H, Park HE, Kang J, Lee H, Cheong C, Lim YT, Ihm SH, Seung KB, Jaffer FA, Narula J, Chang K, Hong KS
Noninvasive Assessment of Myocardial Inflammation by Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance in a Rat Model of Experimental Autoimmune Myocarditis.
Circulation. 2012;125(21):2603-12 - PMID: 22550157
Ripplinger CM, Kessinger CW, Li C, Kim JW, McCarthy JR, Weissleder R, Henke PK, Lin CP, Jaffer FA
Inflammation Modulates Murine Venous Thrombosis Resolution In Vivo: Assessment by Multimodal Fluorescence Molecular Imaging.
McCarthy JR, Sazonova IY, Erdem SS, Hara T, Thompson BD, Patel P, Botnaru I, Lin CP, Reed GL, Weissleder R, Jaffer FA
Multifunctional nanoagent for thrombus-targeted fibrinolytic therapy.
Hara T, Bhayana B, Thompson B, Kessinger CW, Khatri A, McCarthy JR, Weissleder R, Lin CP, Tearney GJ, Jaffer FA
Molecular imaging of fibrin deposition in deep vein thrombosis using fibrin-targeted near-infrared fluorescence.
Saxena A, Kessinger CW, Thompson B, McCarthy JR, Iwamoto Y, Lin CP, Jaffer FA
High-Resolution Optical Mapping of Inflammatory Macrophages Following Endovascular Arterial Injury.
Taqueti VR, Jaffer FA
High-resolution molecular imaging via intravital microscopy: illuminating vascular biology in vivo.
Erdem SS, Sazonova IY, Hara T, Jaffer FA, McCarthy JR
Detection and treatment of intravascular thrombi with magnetofluorescent nanoparticles.
Methods Enzymol. 2012;508:191-209 - PMID: 22449927
Rosenthal A, Jaffer FA, Ntziachristos V
Intravascular multispectral optoacoustic tomography of atherosclerosis: prospects and challenges.
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Yoo H, Kim JW, Shishkov M, Namati E, Morse T, Shubochkin R, McCarthy JR, Ntziachristos V, Bouma BE, Jaffer FA, Tearney GJ
Intra-arterial catheter for simultaneous microstructural and molecular imaging in vivo.
Jaffer FA, Calfon MA, Rosenthal A, Mallas G, Razansky RN, Mauskapf A, Weissleder R, Libby P, Ntziachristos V
Two-dimensional intravascular near-infrared fluorescence molecular imaging of inflammation in atherosclerosis and stent-induced vascular injury.
Ladapo JA, Jaffer FA, Weinstein MC, Froelicher ES
Projected Cost-effectiveness of Smoking Cessation Interventions in Patients Hospitalized With Myocardial Infarction.
Arch Intern Med. 2011;171(1):39-45 - PMID: 21220659
McCarthy JR, Jaffer FA
The role of nanomedicine in the imaging and therapy of thrombosis.
Quillard T, Croce K, Jaffer FA, Weissleder R, Libby P
Molecular imaging of macrophage protease activity in cardiovascular inflammation in vivo.
Vinegoni C, Botnaru I, Aikawa E, Calfon MA, Iwamoto Y, Folco EJ, Ntziachristos V, Weissleder R, Libby P, Jaffer FA
Indocyanine Green Enables Near-Infrared Fluorescence Imaging of Lipid-Rich, Inflamed Atherosclerotic Plaques
Hajjarian Z, Xi J, Jaffer FA, Tearney GJ, Nadkarni SK
Intravascular laser speckle imaging catheter for the mechanical evaluation of the arterial wall.
Hucker WJ, Jaffer FA
F-FDG PET Imaging of Atherosclerosis-A New Approach to Detect Inflamed, High-Risk Coronary Plaques?
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Sabatine MS, Jaffer FA, Staats PN, Stone JR
Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Case 28-2010. A 32-year-old woman, 3 weeks post partum, with substernal chest pain.
New Engl J Med. 2010;363(12):1164-73 - PMID: 20843252
Sakhuja R, Suh WM, Jaffer FA, Jang IK
Residual Thrombogenic Substrate After Rupture of a Lipid-Rich Plaque: Possible Mechanism of Acute Stent Thrombosis?
Circulation. 2010;122(22):2349-2350 - PMID: 21147731
Chang K, Francis SA, Aikawa E, Figueiredo JL, Kohler RH, McCarthy JR, Weissleder R, Plutzky J, Jaffer FA
Pioglitazone Suppresses Inflammation In Vivo in Murine Carotid Atherosclerosis. Novel Detection by Dual-Target Fluorescence Molecular Imaging.
McCarthy JR, Korngold E, Weissleder R, Jaffer FA
A Light-Activated Theranostic Nanoagent for Targeted Macrophage Ablation in Inflammatory Atherosclerosis.
Osborn EA, Jaffer FA
The year in molecular imaging.
Razansky RN, Rosenthal A, Mallas G, Razansky D, Jaffer FA, Ntziachristos V
Near-infrared fluorescence catheter system for two-dimensional intravascular imaging in vivo.
Optics Express. 2010;18(11):11372-81 - PMID: 20588998
Calfon MA, Vinegoni C, Ntziachristos V, Jaffer FA
Intravascular near-infrared fluorescence molecular imaging of atherosclerosis: toward coronary arterial visualization of biologically high-risk plaques.
Jaffer FA
Intravital Fluorescence Microscopic Molecular Imaging of Atherosclerosis.
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Aikawa E, Aikawa M, Libby P, Figueiredo JL, Rusanescu G, Iwamoto Y, Fukuda D, Kohler RH, Shi GP, Jaffer FA, Weissleder R
Arterial and Aortic Valve Calcification Abolished by Elastolytic Cathepsin S Deficiency in Chronic Renal Disease.
Jaffer FA
Assessing niacin as an atherosclerosis therapeutic agent valuable insights provided by high-resolution vascular magnetic resonance imaging.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2009;54(19):1795-6 - PMID: 19874993
Jaffer FA, Libby P, Weissleder R
Optical and Multimodality Molecular Imaging. Insights Into Atherosclerosis.
McCarthy JR, Patel P, Botnaru I, Haghayeghi P, Weissleder R, Jaffer FA
Multimodal Nanoagents for the Detection of Intravascular Thrombi.
Osborn EA, Jaffer FA
The year in molecular imaging.
J Am Coll Cardiol Img. 2009;2:97-113 - PMID: 19356541
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Jaffer FA, Vinegoni C, John MC, Aikawa E, Gold HK, Finn AV, Ntziachristos V, Libby P, Weissleder R
Real-Time Catheter Molecular Sensing of Inflammation in Proteolytically Active Atherosclerosis.
Nahrendorf M, Aikawa E, Figueiredo JL, Stangenberg L, van den Borne S, Blankesteijn M, Sosnovik D, Jaffer F, Tung CH, Weissleder R
Transglutaminase activity in acute infarcts predicts healing outcome and let ventricular remodelling : implications for FXIII therapy and antithrombin use in myocardial infarction
Eur Heart J. 2008;29:445-454 - PMID: 18276618
Korngold EC, Jaffer FA, Weissleder R, Sosnovik DE
Noninvasive imaging of apoptosis in cardiovascular disease.
Osborn EA, Jaffer FA
Advances in molecular imaging of atherosclerotic vascular disease.
Curr Opin Cardiol. 2008;23:620-8 - PMID: 18830079
Chang K, Jaffer F
Advances in fluorescence imaging of the cardiovascular system.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2008;15(3):417-28 - PMID: 18513648
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Jaffer FA, Libby P, Weissleder R
Molecular imaging of cardiovascular disease.
Circulation. 2007;116(9):1052-61 - PMID: 17724271
Aikawa E, Nahrendorf M, Figueiredo JL, Swirski F, Shtatland T, Kohler RH, Jaffer F, Aikawa M, Weissleder R.
Osteogenesis associates with inflammation in early-stage atherosclerosis evaluated by molecular imaging in vivo.
Circulation. 2007;116(24):2841-50 - PMID: 18040026
Jaffer FA, Kim DE, Quinti L, Tung CH, Aikawa E, Pande AN, Kohler RH, Shi GP, Libby P, Weissleder R
Optical Visualization of Cathepsin K Activity in Atherosclerosis With a Novel, Protease-Activatable Fluorescence Sensor.
Circulation. 2007;115(17):2292-8 - PMID: 17420353
Aikawa E, Nahrendorf M, Sosnovik D, Lok VM, Jaffer FA, Aikawa M, Weissleder R
Multimodality Molecular Imaging Identifies Proteolytic and Osteogenic Activities in Early Aortic Valve Disease.
Circulation. 2007;115:377-386 - PMID: 17224478
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Nahrendorf M, Jaffer FA, Kelly KA, Sosnovik DE, Aikawa E, Libby P, Weissleder R
Noninvasive Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 Imaging Identifies Inflammatory Activation of Cells in Atherosclerosis.
Circulation. 2006;114:1504-1511 - PMID: 17000904
Nahrendorf M, Hu K, Frantz S, Jaffer F, Tung CH, Hiller KH, Voll S, Nordbeck P, Sosnovik D, Gattenlohner S, Novikov M, Dickneite G, Reed G, Jakob P, Rosenzweig A, Bauer W, Weissleder R, Ertl G.
Factor XIII Deficiency Causes Cardiac Rupture, Impairs Wound Healing, and Aggravates Cardiac Remodeling in Mice with Myocardial Infarction
Circulation. 2006;113(9):1196-1202 - PMID: 16505171
Jaffer F, Libby P, Weissleder R.
Molecular and Cellular Imaging of Atherosclerosis, Emerging Applications
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2006;47:1328-1338 - PMID: 16580517
Swirski FK, Pittet MJ, Kircher MF, Aikawa E, Jaffer FA, Libby P, Weissleder R
Monocyte accumulation in mouse atherogenesis is progressive and proportional to extent of disease.
McCarthy J, Jaffer F, Weissleder R.
A Macrophage Targeted Theranostic Nanoparticle for Biomedical Applications
Small. 2006;2(8-9):983-987 - PMID: 17193154
Jaffer FA, Sosnovik DE, Nahrendorf M, Weissleder R
Molecular imaging of myocardial infarction.
J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2006;41:921-933 - PMID: 17067633
Jaffer F, Nahrendorf M, Sosnovik D, Kelly KA, Aikawa E, Weissleder R
Cellular Imaging of Inflammation in Atherosclerosis Using Magnetofluorescent Nanomaterials
Mol Imaging. 2006;(5) 2 :85-92 - PMID: 16954022
Pande AN, Kohler RH, Aikawa E, Weissleder R, Jaffer FA
Detection of macrophage activity in atherosclerosis in vivo using multichannel, high-resolution laser scanning fluorescence microscopy.
J Biomed Opt. 2006;11(2):21009 - PMID: 16674184
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Jaffer F, Weissleder R
Molecular Imaging in the Clinical Arena
JAMA-J Am Med Assoc. 2005;293(7):855-62 - PMID: 15713776
Kim DE, Jaffer FA, Weissleder R, Tung CH, Schellingerhout D.
Near-infrared fluorescent imaging of cerebral thrombi and blood-brain barrier disruption in a mouse model of cerebral venous sinus thrombosis
J Cerebr Blood F Met. 2005;25(2):226-33 - PMID: 15678125
Tung CH, Quinti L, Jaffer F, Weissleder R
A Branched Fluorescent Peptide Probe for Imaging of Activated Platelets
Mol Pharmacol. 2005;2:92-95 - PMID: 15804182
Zhu B, Jaffer F, Nztiachristos V, Weissleder R
Development of a near infrared fluorescence catheter: operating characteristics and feasibility for atherosclerotic plaque detection
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Jaffer FA, Tung CH, Wykrzykowska JJ, Ho NH, Houng AK, Reed GL, Weissleder R
Molecular Imaging of Factor XIIIa Activity in Thrombosis Using a Novel, Near-Infrared Fluorescent Contrast Agent That Covalently Links to Thrombi.
Circulation. 2004;110(2):170-6 - PMID: 15210587
Jaffer FA, Weissleder R
Seeing within: molecular imaging of the cardiovascular system
Circ Res. 2004;94(4):433-45 - PMID: 15001542
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Tung CH, Ho NH, Zeng Q, Tang Y, Jaffer FA, Reed GL, Weissleder R
Novel Factor XIII Probes for Blood Coagulation Imaging
Chembiochem. 2003;4:897-899 - PMID: 12964167
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Jaffer FA, Tung CH, Gerszten RE, Weissleder R
In vivo imaging of thrombin activity in experimental thrombi with thrombin-sensitive near-infrared molecular probe
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2002;22:1929-35 - PMID: 12426227
Tung CH, Gerszten RE, Jaffer FA, Weissleder R
A novel near-infrared fluorescence sensor for detection of thrombin activation in blood
Chembiochem. 2002;3:207-11 - PMID: 11921399
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