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Open Access18F-FDG PET/CT metabolic parameters can semi-quantitatively evaluate the nature of the heart and pericardial masses: a retrospective study
The objective of this study was to evaluate semi-quantitatively the diagnostic performance of PET/CT metabolic parameters in differentiating benign or malignant cardiac or pericardial masses. A total of forty-...
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Detection of Osteoarthritis Inflammation by Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography Based on an Inflammation-Targeting Peptide cFLFLF
Although inflammation has been recognized as a key process in the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis (OA), there remains no clinical noninvasive imaging modality that can specifically diagnose inflammatory activit...
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Florescence Imaging Lung Cancer with a Small Molecule MHI-148
MHI-148 is a type of heptamethine cyanine dye that can cross the cytoplasmic membrane of lung cancer cells. Here we tested the cytotoxic, in vivo imaging of MHI-148 in lung-cancer nude mice model. Ex vivo imag...
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Open AccessThe spatiotemporal distribution of human brucellosis in mainland China from 2007-2016
Despite the considerable efforts made to address the issue of brucellosis worldwide, its prevalence in dairy products continues to be difficult to estimate and represents a key public health issue around the w...
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A Novel Modality for Functional Imaging in Acute Intervertebral Disk Herniation via Tracking Leukocyte Infiltration
Inflammation plays a key role in the progression of intervertebral disk (IVD) herniation and associated low back pain. However, real-time spatial diagnosis of inflammation associated with acute disk herniation...
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The spleen contributes importantly to myocardial infarct exacerbation during post-ischemic reperfusion in mice via signaling between cardiac HMGB1 and splenic RAGE
The spleen plays a critical role in post-infarct myocardial remodeling. However, the role of the spleen in exacerbating myocardial infarction (MI) during acute ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury is unknown. The...
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Open AccessA review of UHMWPE wear-induced osteolysis: the role for early detection of the immune response
In a world where increasing joint arthroplasties are being performed on increasingly younger patients, osteolysis as the leading cause of failure after total joint arthroplasty (TJA) has gained considerable at...
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[99mTc]cFLFLF for Early Diagnosis and Therapeutic Evaluation in a Rat Model of Acute Osteomyelitis
Early diagnosis and therapeutic monitoring of acute osteomyelitis (AO) is challenging. Here, we use a polyethylene glycol (PEG)ylated chemotactic peptide cinnamoyl-F-(D)L-F-(D)L-F (cFLFLF) conjugated with hydr...
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Imaging Integrin αvβ3 and NRP-1 Positive Gliomas with a Novel Fluorine-18 Labeled RGD-ATWLPPR Heterodimeric Peptide Probe
Radiolabeled Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD) and Ala-Thr-Trp-Leu-Pro-Pro-Arg (ATWLPPR) peptide analogs have received interests for their capability to serve as radiopharmaceuticals for imaging integrin αvβ3 and Neuropilin-1 (N...
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Imaging Myocardial Ischemia and Reperfusion Injury via Cy5.5-Annexin V
The aim of this article is to present the results of an imaging study of myocardial apoptosis induced by ischemia/reperfusion injury.
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High-resolution sorption studies of argon and nitrogen on large crystals of microporous zeolite ZSM-5
High resolution adsorption (HRADS) with argon and nitrogen at 77 K were performed on large crystals of zeolite ZSM-5 using a novel volumetric device. Multi-step isotherms for both adsorptives could be observed...
