2019
Effects of age, BMI and sex on the glial cell marker TSPO — a multicentre [11C]PBR28 HRRT PET study
Tuisku J, Plavén-Sigray P, Gaiser EC, Airas L, Al-Abdulrasul H, Brück A, Carson RE, Chen MK, Cosgrove KP, Ekblad L, Esterlis I, Farde L, Forsberg A, Halldin C, Helin S, Kosek E, Lekander M, Lindgren N, Marjamäki P, Rissanen E, Sucksdorff M, Varrone A, Collste K, Gallezot J, Hillmer A, Huang Y, Höglund C, Johansson J, Jucaite A, Lampa J, Nabulsi N, Pittman B, Sandiego C, Stenkrona P, Rinne J, Matuskey D, Cervenka S. Effects of age, BMI and sex on the glial cell marker TSPO — a multicentre [11C]PBR28 HRRT PET study. European Journal Of Nuclear Medicine And Molecular Imaging 2019, 46: 2329-2338. PMID: 31363804, PMCID: PMC6717599, DOI: 10.1007/s00259-019-04403-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexPositron emission tomographyEffect of ageMultilinear analysis 1PET centersGlobal gray matterMass indexSubgroup analysisClinical studiesTSPO levelsHealthy subjectsTurku PET CentreHealthy volunteersPositive correlationTemporal cortexTSPO genotypeIndividual biological propertiesMale subjectsPurposeThe purposeConclusionThese findingsLinear mixed effects modelsGray matterParietal cortexSignificant negative correlationEmission tomography
2015
11C-PBR28 imaging in multiple sclerosis patients and healthy controls: test-retest reproducibility and focal visualization of active white matter areas
Park E, Gallezot JD, Delgadillo A, Liu S, Planeta B, Lin SF, O’Connor K, Lim K, Lee JY, Chastre A, Chen MK, Seneca N, Leppert D, Huang Y, Carson RE, Pelletier D. 11C-PBR28 imaging in multiple sclerosis patients and healthy controls: test-retest reproducibility and focal visualization of active white matter areas. European Journal Of Nuclear Medicine And Molecular Imaging 2015, 42: 1081-1092. PMID: 25833352, DOI: 10.1007/s00259-015-3043-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNormal-appearing white matterVolume of distributionTest-retest variabilityWhole brain white matterHealthy controlsMicroglial activationTest-retest reproducibilityGray matterMultiple sclerosisMS subjectsWhite matterWhole brain gray matterGood test-retest reproducibilityAbsolute test-retest variabilityActive MS patientsPositron emission tomography (PET) ligandMultiple sclerosis patientsMain outcome measuresWhite matter areasMS WM lesionsBrain gray matterDemyelinating injuryTest-retest resultsVT valuesMS patients