[68Ga]Pentixafor PET/MR imaging of chemokine receptor 4 expression in the human carotid artery.

Xiang LiWei YuTim WollenweberXia LuYongxiang WeiDietrich BeitzkeWolfgang WadsakSaskia KropfHans J WesterAlexander R HaugXiaoli ZhangMarcus Hacker

Published in: European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging (2019)

In vivo evaluation of CXCR4 expression in carotid atherosclerotic lesions is feasible using [68Ga]Pentixafor PET/MRI. In atherosclerotic plaque tissue, CXCR4 expression might be used as a surrogate marker for inflammatory atherosclerosis.

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