2019
Norepinephrine transporter availability in brown fat is reduced in obesity: a human PET study with [11C] MRB
Sanchez-Rangel E, Gallezot JD, Yeckel CW, Lam W, Belfort-DeAguiar R, Chen MK, Carson RE, Sherwin R, Hwang JJ. Norepinephrine transporter availability in brown fat is reduced in obesity: a human PET study with [11C] MRB. International Journal Of Obesity 2019, 44: 964-967. PMID: 31636373, PMCID: PMC7259982, DOI: 10.1038/s41366-019-0471-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBrown adipose tissueDetectable brown adipose tissueDistribution volume ratioMultilinear reference tissue model 2Norepinephrine transporterSympathetic innervationNorepinephrine transporter availabilityHuman brown adipose tissueDense sympathetic innervationPET-CT imagingReference tissue model 2Human PET studiesSupraclavicular regionCaucasian womenTransporter availabilityOccipital cortexObesityTherapeutic targetAdipose tissueBrown fatPET studiesWomenInnervationSelective ligandsEnergy-dissipating properties
2015
Imaging human brown adipose tissue under room temperature conditions with 11C-MRB, a selective norepinephrine transporter PET ligand
Hwang JJ, Yeckel CW, Gallezot JD, Aguiar RB, Ersahin D, Gao H, Kapinos M, Nabulsi N, Huang Y, Cheng D, Carson RE, Sherwin R, Ding YS. Imaging human brown adipose tissue under room temperature conditions with 11C-MRB, a selective norepinephrine transporter PET ligand. Metabolism 2015, 64: 747-755. PMID: 25798999, PMCID: PMC4408242, DOI: 10.1016/j.metabol.2015.03.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBrown adipose tissueDistribution volume ratioSympathetic nervous systemAdipose tissueRole of BATCold stimulationFDG PET-CT imagingNorepinephrine transporterSupraclavicular brown adipose tissueHuman brown adipose tissueTotal body fatLean body massCold-stimulated conditionsBody temperaturePET-CT imagingBioelectrical impedance analysisCore body temperatureFDG uptakePET-CTOccipital cortexBody fatNervous systemBody compositionPET ligandBasal state
2012
Ex Vivo and In Vivo Evaluation of the Norepinephrine Transporter Ligand [11C]MRB for Brown Adipose Tissue Imaging
Lin SF, Fan X, Yeckel CW, Weinzimmer D, Mulnix T, Gallezot JD, Carson RE, Sherwin RS, Ding YS. Ex Vivo and In Vivo Evaluation of the Norepinephrine Transporter Ligand [11C]MRB for Brown Adipose Tissue Imaging. Nuclear Medicine And Biology 2012, 39: 1081-1086. PMID: 22595487, PMCID: PMC4067762, DOI: 10.1016/j.nucmedbio.2012.04.005.Peer-Reviewed Original Research