A feasibility study on L-[1-carbon-11]tyrosine and L-[methyl-carbon-11]methionine to assess liver protein synthesis by PET

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 279-285

  Ishiwata, Kiichi ^a   Enomoto, Kazuo ^b   Sasaki, Toru ^b   Elsinga, Philip H ^b   Senda, Michio ^b   Okazumi, Shin Ichi ^b   Isono, Kaichi ^b   Paans, Anne M J ^b   Vaalburg, Willem ^b  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Carbon 11 methionine; Liver; PET; Phospholipid synthesis; Protein synthesis; Tyrosine

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CARBON 11; CHLOROFORM; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; LIVER PROTEIN; METHANOL; METHIONINE; PLASMA PROTEIN; TYROSINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEL FILTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER METABOLISM; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHOLIPID SYNTHESIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PROTEINS; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; LIVER; MALE; METHIONINE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RATS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TYROSINE;

EID: 0029925560     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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