2024
Melanocortin-1 Receptor Expression as a Marker of Progression in Melanoma
Su D, Djureinovic D, Schoenfeld D, Marquez-Nostra B, Olino K, Jilaveanu L, Kluger H. Melanocortin-1 Receptor Expression as a Marker of Progression in Melanoma. JCO Precision Oncology 2024, 8: e2300702. PMID: 38662983, PMCID: PMC11513442, DOI: 10.1200/po.23.00702.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMC1R expressionMelanoma progressionAssociated with shorter survivalStages of melanoma progressionCases of benign neviChronic sun exposureMarkers of progressionHuman melanoma tissuesBreslow thicknessMelanocortin-1Metastatic melanomaOverall survivalPrimary melanomaMetastatic tumorsMelanoma cohortReceptor expressionPredictive biomarkersAggressive melanomaPrimary lesionTissue microarrayShorter survivalMale sexQuantitative immunofluorescenceBenign neviClinical trials
2022
PET Imaging in Animal Models of Alzheimer’s Disease
Chen B, Marquez-Nostra B, Belitzky E, Toyonaga T, Tong J, Huang Y, Cai Z. PET Imaging in Animal Models of Alzheimer’s Disease. Frontiers In Neuroscience 2022, 16: 872509. PMID: 35685772, PMCID: PMC9171374, DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2022.872509.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAnimal modelsPreclinical PET imagingPET imagingOngoing clinical trialsΒ-amyloid plaquesAnimal model developmentPathogenesis/progressionTau-PETClinical trialsTau tanglesTherapeutic effectAD modelNovel treatmentsAlzheimer's diseaseDrug action mechanismsDiseaseAction mechanismImagingPatientsPETPlaquesProgressionTrialsAntemortem