Tobacco Smoking in People Is Not Associated with Altered 18-kDa Translocator Protein Levels: A PET Study
Hillmer AT, Matuskey D, Huang Y, Nabulsi N, Ropchan J, Carson RE, O'Malley SS, Cosgrove KP. Tobacco Smoking in People Is Not Associated with Altered 18-kDa Translocator Protein Levels: A PET Study. Journal Of Nuclear Medicine 2020, 61: 1200-1204. PMID: 32005773, PMCID: PMC7413239, DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.119.237735.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTobacco smokingTobacco smokersTSPO levelsImmune systemPET studiesBrain immune systemBrain TSPO levelsPrimary immunocompetent cellsPrevious PET studiesTranslocator proteinTranslocator protein (TSPO) levelsInflammatory effectsImmunocompetent cellsArterial bloodTobacco smokePET scansNonsmokersSmokersRadiotracer concentrationMedium effect sizeSmokingPET imagingBrainProtein levelsSignificant differences