2012
In Vivo Imaging of Endogenous Pancreatic β-Cell Mass in Healthy and Type 1 Diabetic Subjects Using 18F-Fluoropropyl-Dihydrotetrabenazine and PET
Normandin MD, Petersen KF, Ding YS, Lin SF, Naik S, Fowles K, Skovronsky DM, Herold KC, McCarthy TJ, Calle RA, Carson RE, Treadway JL, Cline GW. In Vivo Imaging of Endogenous Pancreatic β-Cell Mass in Healthy and Type 1 Diabetic Subjects Using 18F-Fluoropropyl-Dihydrotetrabenazine and PET. Journal Of Nuclear Medicine 2012, 53: 908-916. PMID: 22573821, PMCID: PMC3737743, DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.111.100545.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsType 1 diabetes mellitusVesicular monoamine transporter type 2Pancreatic β-cell massStandardized uptake valueΒ-cell massDiabetes mellitusUptake valueType 1 diabetic subjectsΒ-cell densityHealthy control subjectsInsulin secretion capacityΒ-cell functionPathophysiology of diabetesTransporter type 2Nondisplaceable uptakeDiabetic subjectsControl subjectsDisease progressionClinical assessmentVMAT2 bindingRenal cortexTotal pancreasDTBZ PETEarly diagnosisInjected dose
2011
Synthesis and evaluation of [18F]exendin (9–39) as a potential biomarker to measure pancreatic β-cell mass
Wang Y, Lim K, Normandin M, Zhao X, Cline GW, Ding YS. Synthesis and evaluation of [18F]exendin (9–39) as a potential biomarker to measure pancreatic β-cell mass. Nuclear Medicine And Biology 2011, 39: 167-176. PMID: 22033026, PMCID: PMC4484741, DOI: 10.1016/j.nucmedbio.2011.07.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStandardized uptake valuePositron emission tomography (PET) imagingEmission Tomography ImagingPancreatic β-cell massΒ-cell massTomography imagingInsulin contentGlucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor antagonistGlucagon-like peptide-1Biobreeding diabetes-prone (BB-DP) ratDiabetes-prone ratsVivo positron emission tomography (PET) imagingSprague-Dawley ratsBlood glucose homeostasisReceptor antagonistGlucose homeostasisPeptide-1Time-activity curvesUptake valuePotential biomarkersHigh-resolution research tomographExendin analogsIn-111RatsPostmortem measures
2010
Pancreatic Beta Cell Mass PET Imaging and Quantification with [11C]DTBZ and [18F]FP-(+)-DTBZ in Rodent Models of Diabetes
Singhal T, Ding YS, Weinzimmer D, Normandin MD, Labaree D, Ropchan J, Nabulsi N, Lin SF, Skaddan MB, Soeller WC, Huang Y, Carson RE, Treadway JL, Cline GW. Pancreatic Beta Cell Mass PET Imaging and Quantification with [11C]DTBZ and [18F]FP-(+)-DTBZ in Rodent Models of Diabetes. Molecular Imaging And Biology 2010, 13: 973-984. PMID: 20824509, PMCID: PMC3711476, DOI: 10.1007/s11307-010-0406-x.Peer-Reviewed Original Research