PET Imaging of Cardiac Wound Healing Using a Novel [68Ga]-Labeled NGR Probe in Rat Myocardial Infarction

Molecular Imaging and Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 76-86

  Tillmanns, Jochen ^a   Schneider, Magdalena ^b   Fraccarollo, Daniela ^a   Schmitto, Jan Dieter ^a   Länger, Florian ^a   Richter, Dominik ^b   Bauersachs, Johann ^a   Samnick, Samuel ^b  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

CD13; Molecular imaging; Myocardial infarction; NGR; RGD; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM; MICROSOMAL AMINOPEPTIDASE; NGR PEPTIDE; OLIGOPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DIAGNOSTIC USE; FIBROBLAST; HEART; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROTEIN MOTIF; RAT; SCINTISCANNING; WISTAR RAT; WOUND HEALING;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD13; FIBROBLASTS; GALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; HEART; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; MYOCARDIUM; OLIGOPEPTIDES; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84939891552     PISSN: 15361632     EISSN: 18602002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11307-014-0751-2     Document Type: Article

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