2018
[18F]Fluorocholine and [18F]Fluoroacetate PET as Imaging Biomarkers to Assess Phosphatidylcholine and Mitochondrial Metabolism in Preclinical Models of TSC and LAM
Verwer E, Kavanagh T, Mischler W, Feng Y, Takahashi K, Wang S, Shoup T, Neelamegam R, Yang J, Guehl N, Ran C, Massefski W, Cui Y, El-Chemaly S, Sadow P, Oldham W, Kijewski M, Fakhri G, Normandin M, Priolo C. [18F]Fluorocholine and [18F]Fluoroacetate PET as Imaging Biomarkers to Assess Phosphatidylcholine and Mitochondrial Metabolism in Preclinical Models of TSC and LAM. Clinical Cancer Research 2018, 24: 5925-5938. PMID: 30054282, PMCID: PMC6816044, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-17-3693.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAnimalsBiomarkersCholineDisease Models, AnimalFemaleFluoroacetatesHeterograftsHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedImmunohistochemistryLipid MetabolismLymphangioleiomyomatosisMaleMiceMice, TransgenicMitochondriaOxygen ConsumptionPhosphatidylcholinesPositron-Emission TomographyRatsTuberous SclerosisConceptsTuberous sclerosis complexMetabolic imaging biomarkersPreclinical modelsImaging biomarkersTSC2-deficient cellsStandardized uptake valueTuberous sclerosis complex manifestationsModels of tuberous sclerosis complexAutosomal dominant disorderPotential clinical interestBenign tumorsOvariectomized miceUptake valueSubcutaneous tumorsPreclinical studiesPulmonary nodulesCystic destructionLymphangioleiomyomatosisDominant disorderProliferative lesionsInactivating mutationsTumorMetabolic reprogrammingNeurocognitive impairmentPET imaging
2017
[F-18]-AV-1451 binding correlates with postmortem neurofibrillary tangle Braak staging
Marquié M, Siao Tick Chong M, Antón-Fernández A, Verwer E, Sáez-Calveras N, Meltzer A, Ramanan P, Amaral A, Gonzalez J, Normandin M, Frosch M, Gómez-Isla T. [F-18]-AV-1451 binding correlates with postmortem neurofibrillary tangle Braak staging. Acta Neuropathologica 2017, 134: 619-628. PMID: 28612291, PMCID: PMC5772971, DOI: 10.1007/s00401-017-1740-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeurofibrillary tanglesNeurofibrillary tau pathologyTau burdenBraak stageStaging of neurofibrillary tanglesBrain regionsAccurate diagnosis of Alzheimer's diseaseTau pathologyPhospho-tauStereotyped spatiotemporal patternBraak NFT stageNeurofibrillary tangle Braak stagePhosphor-screen autoradiographyAlzheimer's diseaseMild cognitive impairmentTau measuresNFT stageCognitively normal controlsObserved patternBraakCognitive impairmentWestern blottingBindingDiagnosis of Alzheimer's diseaseBraak staging of neurofibrillary tangles