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01-04-2009 | From Bench to Imaging
Molecular imaging of platelet activation in thrombus
Authors:
François Rouzet, MD, Laure Sarda-Mantel, MD, PhD, Jean-Baptiste Michel, MD, PhD, Dominique Le Guludec, MD, PhD
Published in:
Journal of Nuclear Cardiology
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Issue 2/2009
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Excerpt
Since its first use as a radiolabeled tracer for in vivo detection of platelet activation in an animal model of acute thrombosis in 1994,
1 annexin V (Anx) generated a large body of literature. Because of its specific binding to phosphatidylserines (PS) externalized upon platelet activation and apoptosis, most of the work accomplished with radiolabeled Anx pertains to two domains: thrombus and programmed cell death. The latter is out of the scope of this review but contributed a lot to the improvement of Anx labeling with standardized procedures suitable for human utilization.
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