A first-in-human study of 11C-MTP38, a novel PET ligand for phosphodiesterase 7.
Manabu KubotaChie SekiYasuyuki KimuraKeisuke TakahataHitoshi ShimadaYuhei TakadoKiwamu MatsuokaKenji TagaiYasunori SanoYasuharu YamamotoMaki OkadaTatsuya KikuchiMasanori IchiseKazunori KawamuraMing-Rong ZhangMakoto HiguchiPublished in: European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging (2021)
We have provided the first demonstration of PET visualization of PDE7 in human brains. 11C-MTP38 is a promising novel PET ligand for the quantitative investigation of central PDE7.