Moses Quinn Wilks, PhD
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Assistant Professor of Radiology and Biomedical ImagingCards
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Assistant Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging
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Radiology & Biomedical Imaging
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- Bioimaging Sciences
- PET Core
- Radiology & Biomedical Imaging
- Yale Biomedical Imaging Institute
Education & Training
- PhD
- University of California, Los Angeles, Biomathematics
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Georges El Fakhri, PhD, DABR
Marc David Normandin, PhD
Nicolas Guehl
Maeva Dhaynaut
Chao Ma, PhD
David A. Alagpulinsa, PhD
29Publications
204Citations
Publications
2025
Imaging Demyelinated Axons After Spinal Cord Injuries with PET Tracer [18F]3F4AP
Ramos-Torres K, Conti S, Zhou Y, Tiss A, Caravagna C, Takahashi K, He M, Wilks M, Eckl S, Sun Y, Biundo J, Gong K, He Z, Linnman C, Brugarolas P. Imaging Demyelinated Axons After Spinal Cord Injuries with PET Tracer [18F]3F4AP. Journal Of Nuclear Medicine 2025, jnumed.124.268242. PMID: 39819685, DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.124.268242.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricConceptsSpinal cord injuryDemyelinated axonsIncomplete injuryPostmortem spinal cord tissueSpinal cord blood flowSpinal cord injury ratsResponse to therapyCord injuryCord blood flowManagement of spinal cord injurySpinal cord tissuePET imaging resultsSensitive to injuryInjured segmentContusion injuryAxonal lossCord tissueDemyelinating changesAnimal modelsDemyelinationPET imagingBlood flowPET tracersWorsening disabilityTracer binding
2024
Deciphering the effects of radiopharmaceutical therapy in the tumor microenvironment of prostate cancer: an in-silico exploration with spatial transcriptomics
Hong J, Bae S, Cavinato L, Seifert R, Ryhiner M, Rominger A, Erlandsson K, Wilks M, Normandin M, El-Fakhri G, Choi H, Shi K. Deciphering the effects of radiopharmaceutical therapy in the tumor microenvironment of prostate cancer: an in-silico exploration with spatial transcriptomics. Theranostics 2024, 14: 7122-7139. PMID: 39629134, PMCID: PMC11610134, DOI: 10.7150/thno.99516.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAssociation of T-cell subtypes with macrophage-specific arterial infiltration in people with HIV
Schnittman S, Talathi R, Wilks M, Hedgire S, Lu M, Fourman L, Alagpulinsa D, Stockman S, White K, Wallis Z, Autissier P, Stanley T, Lee H, Honigberg M, El-Fakhri G, Williams K, Zanni M, Grinspoon S, Toribio M. Association of T-cell subtypes with macrophage-specific arterial infiltration in people with HIV. AIDS 2024, 38: 1940-1946. PMID: 38905489, DOI: 10.1097/qad.0000000000003967.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricConceptsArterial infiltrationCardiovascular diseaseIncreased risk of cardiovascular diseaseHuman immunodeficiency virusT cell subtypesT lymphocyte subpopulationsRisk of cardiovascular diseaseSystemic monocyte activationCardiovascular disease riskImmunodeficiency virusMonocyte activationHIV statusIncreased riskRelevant to atherogenesisHIVInfiltrationGeneral populationPWHEvidence of interactionSubtypesDiseaseSubpopulationsAtherogenesisRadiosynthesis automation, non-human primate biodistribution and dosimetry of K+ channel tracer [11C]3MeO4AP
Zhou Y, Wilks M, Dhaynaut M, Guehl N, Vesper D, Moon S, Rice P, El Fakhri G, Normandin M, Brugarolas P. Radiosynthesis automation, non-human primate biodistribution and dosimetry of K+ channel tracer [11C]3MeO4AP. EJNMMI Research 2024, 14: 43. PMID: 38683467, PMCID: PMC11058135, DOI: 10.1186/s13550-024-01092-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsConceptsRadiation dosimetryAverage effective doseWhole-body biodistributionTotal scan timeNon-decayEffective doseNon-human primatesSymptomatic treatment of multiple sclerosisIn vivo binding affinityBed positionTreatment of multiple sclerosisHigh-resolution CTDynamic acquisition protocolDosimetryPET dataAdult rhesus macaquesScan timeImaging demyelinationOLINDA softwareRadiationAcquisition protocolsPreclinical studiesNo significant changesHigh dosesPET imaging
2023
Development and Pharmacochemical Characterization Discover a Novel Brain-Permeable HDAC11-Selective Inhibitor with Therapeutic Potential by Regulating Neuroinflammation in Mice
Bai P, Liu Y, Yang L, Ding W, Mondal P, Sang N, Liu G, Lu X, Ho T, Zhou Y, Wu R, Birar V, Wilks M, Tanzi R, Lin H, Zhang C, Li W, Shen S, Wang C. Development and Pharmacochemical Characterization Discover a Novel Brain-Permeable HDAC11-Selective Inhibitor with Therapeutic Potential by Regulating Neuroinflammation in Mice. Journal Of Medicinal Chemistry 2023, 66: 16075-16090. PMID: 37972387, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.3c01491.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsPositron emission tomographyNeuropathic painHDAC11 inhibitorsInhibition of HDAC11Histone deacetylase 11Pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic evaluationNeuroimmune functionMouse modelPharmacological inhibitionBrain uptakeEmission tomographyTherapeutic potentialNeurological indicationsPainTherapeutic targetHDAC11Regulating neuroinflammationNeurological disordersDrug developmentMiceInhibitorsHDAC isoformsCarbon-11Metabolic propertiesBrain
2022
Human biodistribution and radiation dosimetry of the demyelination tracer [18F]3F4AP
Brugarolas P, Wilks M, Noel J, Kaiser J, Vesper D, Ramos-Torres K, Guehl N, Macdonald-Soccorso M, Sun Y, Rice P, Yokell D, Lim R, Normandin M, El Fakhri G. Human biodistribution and radiation dosimetry of the demyelination tracer [18F]3F4AP. European Journal Of Nuclear Medicine And Molecular Imaging 2022, 50: 344-351. PMID: 36197499, PMCID: PMC9816249, DOI: 10.1007/s00259-022-05980-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsRadiation dosimetryTime-activity curvesAdverse eventsEffective doseMultiple bed positionsComprehensive metabolic panelNonhuman primatesHealthy human volunteersNo adverse eventsDynamic PET scansVoltage-gated potassiumAnimal models of neurological diseasesNonhuman primate studiesModels of neurological diseasesHuman biodistributionAverage effective doseMetabolic panelDosimetryOLINDA softwareHealthy volunteersUrinary bladderPET scansDemyelinating lesionsBed positionAnimal modelsA positron emission tomography imaging probe selectively targeting the BD1 bromodomain and extra-terminal domain
Bai P, Yan L, Bagdasarian F, Wilks M, Wey H, Wang C. A positron emission tomography imaging probe selectively targeting the BD1 bromodomain and extra-terminal domain. Chemical Communications 2022, 58: 9654-9657. PMID: 35943085, PMCID: PMC9618257, DOI: 10.1039/d2cc03785h.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsPositron emission tomography imaging studiesPositron emission tomographyNon-human primatesModerate brain uptakeImaging studiesBrain uptakePositron emission tomography imaging probeEmission tomographyBrain permeabilityBrainBromodomains of BRD2Clinical translationExtra-terminal domainTranslational potentialInhibitor developmentNeurological diseasesBinding specificityIncreased Macrophage-Specific Arterial Infiltration Relates to Noncalcified Plaque and Systemic Immune Activation in People With Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Toribio M, Wilks M, Hedgire S, Lu M, Cetlin M, Wang M, Alhallak I, Durbin C, White K, Wallis Z, Schnittman S, Stanley T, El-Fakhri G, Lee H, Autissier P, Zanni M, Williams K, Grinspoon S. Increased Macrophage-Specific Arterial Infiltration Relates to Noncalcified Plaque and Systemic Immune Activation in People With Human Immunodeficiency Virus. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2022, 226: 1823-1833. PMID: 35856671, PMCID: PMC10205602, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiac301.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsHuman immunodeficiency virusAtherosclerotic cardiovascular diseaseAortic plaque volumeSystemic immune activationArterial infiltrationImmune activationImmunodeficiency virusPlaque volumeHistory of clinical ASCVDCD4+/CD8+ T-cell ratioHuman immunodeficiency virus statusCD8+ T cellsMarkers of immune activationClinical atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseasePersistent immune activationT cell ratioAtherosclerotic cardiovascular disease riskT cellsImmune phenotypeNoncalcified plaqueSystemic markersASCVD riskPWHCardiovascular diseaseUptake volume
2021
Near-Infrared Fluorescence Imaging of Carotid Plaques in an Atherosclerotic Murine Model
Wu X, Ulumben A, Long S, Katagiri W, Wilks M, Yuan H, Cortese B, Yang C, Kashiwagi S, Choi H, Normandin M, Fakhri G, Zaman R. Near-Infrared Fluorescence Imaging of Carotid Plaques in an Atherosclerotic Murine Model. Biomolecules 2021, 11: 1753. PMID: 34944397, PMCID: PMC8698491, DOI: 10.3390/biom11121753.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
Positron annihilation localization by nanoscale magnetization
Gholami Y, Yuan H, Wilks M, Josephson L, El Fakhri G, Normandin M, Kuncic Z. Positron annihilation localization by nanoscale magnetization. Scientific Reports 2020, 10: 20262. PMID: 33219274, PMCID: PMC7680104, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-76980-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsNanoscale magnetsSpatial resolution of PET imagesImproved dose localizationPositron emitting sourcesResolution of PET imagesPositron emission tomography instrumentationSpatial resolutionPositron emission tomographyAnnihilation quantaPhoton pairsPositron rangeDose localizationPositron annihilationCharged particlesOrtho-positroniumAnnihilationSuperparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticlesCancer theranostic strategyPositron emission tomography scanPositronElectronic placesImage blurringPET imagingPET-MRITreatment outcomes
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