Inflammation

In vitro and pilot in vivo imaging of 18 kDa translocator protein (TSPO) in inflammatory vascular disease

Inflammatory vascular disease of the arteries, such as inflamed atheromatous plaques or arteritis, may cause aneurysms or ischemic strokes. In this context, using positron emission tomography (PET) to image in...

Authors: Romain Schollhammer, Sébastien Lepreux, Nicole Barthe, Delphine Vimont, Anne Rullier, Igor Sibon, Xavier Berard, Andrea Zhang, Yasuyuki Kimura, Masahiro Fujita, Robert B. Innis, Paolo Zanotti-Fregonara and Clément Morgat