In Vivo Imaging of Endogenous Pancreatic ÎČ-Cell Mass in Healthy and Type 1 Diabetic Subjects Using 18F-Fluoropropyl-Dihydrotetrabenazine and PET
Normandin MD, Petersen KF, Ding YS, Lin SF, Naik S, Fowles K, Skovronsky DM, Herold KC, McCarthy TJ, Calle RA, Carson RE, Treadway JL, Cline GW. In Vivo Imaging of Endogenous Pancreatic ÎČ-Cell Mass in Healthy and Type 1 Diabetic Subjects Using 18F-Fluoropropyl-Dihydrotetrabenazine and PET. Journal Of Nuclear Medicine 2012, 53: 908-916. PMID: 22573821, PMCID: PMC3737743, DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.111.100545.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsType 1 diabetes mellitusVesicular monoamine transporter type 2Pancreatic ÎČ-cell massStandardized uptake valueÎ-cell massDiabetes mellitusUptake valueType 1 diabetic subjectsÎ-cell densityHealthy control subjectsInsulin secretion capacityÎ-cell functionPathophysiology of diabetesTransporter type 2Nondisplaceable uptakeDiabetic subjectsControl subjectsDisease progressionClinical assessmentVMAT2 bindingRenal cortexTotal pancreasDTBZ PETEarly diagnosisInjected dose
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