2013
Repeatable Noninvasive Measurement of Mouse Myocardial Glucose Uptake with 18F-FDG: Evaluation of Tracer Kinetics in a Type 1 Diabetes Model
Thorn SL, deKemp RA, Dumouchel T, Klein R, Renaud JM, Wells RG, Gollob MH, Beanlands RS, DaSilva JN. Repeatable Noninvasive Measurement of Mouse Myocardial Glucose Uptake with 18F-FDG: Evaluation of Tracer Kinetics in a Type 1 Diabetes Model. Journal Of Nuclear Medicine 2013, 54: 1637-1644. PMID: 23940301, DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.112.110114.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMyocardial glucose uptakeImage-derived blood input functionAcute insulin treatmentInsulin treatmentBlood activityType 1 diabetic miceType 1 diabetic mouse modelML/min/Glucose uptakeVena cava diameterMyocardial glucose uptake ratesDiabetic mouse modelType 1 diabetesStandardized uptake valueTest-retest repeatabilityAcute insulin stimulationDiabetic miceCoefficient of repeatabilityFDG-PETBland-Altman analysisMyocardial glucoseContrast CTBaseline scanMouse modelTime-activity curves
2010
Kinetic model‐based factor analysis of dynamic sequences for 82‐rubidium cardiac positron emission tomography
Klein R, Beanlands RS, Wassenaar RW, Thorn SL, Lamoureux M, DaSilva JN, Adler A, deKemp RA. Kinetic model‐based factor analysis of dynamic sequences for 82‐rubidium cardiac positron emission tomography. Medical Physics 2010, 37: 3995-4010. PMID: 20879561, DOI: 10.1118/1.3438474.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2006
In vivo selective binding of (R)-[11C]rolipram to phosphodiesterase-4 provides the basis for studying intracellular cAMP signaling in the myocardium and other peripheral tissues
Kenk M, Greene M, Thackeray J, deKemp RA, Lortie M, Thorn S, Beanlands RS, DaSilva JN. In vivo selective binding of (R)-[11C]rolipram to phosphodiesterase-4 provides the basis for studying intracellular cAMP signaling in the myocardium and other peripheral tissues. Nuclear Medicine And Biology 2006, 34: 71-77. PMID: 17210463, DOI: 10.1016/j.nucmedbio.2006.10.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords3',5'-Cyclic-AMP PhosphodiesterasesAnimalsBrainCarbon RadioisotopesCyclic AMPCyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterases, Type 1Cyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterases, Type 4HeartMaleMetabolic Clearance RateMyocardiumOrgan SpecificityPhosphodiesterase InhibitorsProtein BindingRadionuclide ImagingRadiopharmaceuticalsRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyRolipramSensitivity and SpecificityTissue DistributionConceptsPhosphodiesterase 4BAY 60Ro 20Male Sprague-Dawley ratsIntracellular cAMPSprague-Dawley ratsNeurohormonal modulationPeripheral tissuesAutoradiography studiesAdipose tissuePDE4 levelsTracer uptakeVivo findingsCAMP-mediated signalingBiodistribution studiesPDE4 activityRolipramSkeletal muscleCAMP levelsTracer retentionCardiac regionCilostazolMyocardiumZaprinastTissue