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ArticleJournal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine2017

Preclinical Pharmacokinetics and Biodistribution Studies of 89Zr-Labeled Pembrolizumab.

Christopher G England, Emily B Ehlerding, Reinier Hernandez, Brian T Rekoske, Stephen A Graves, Haiyan Sun, Glenn Liu, Douglas G McNeel, Todd E Barnhart, Weibo Cai

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Article in Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 117 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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117citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
8.2field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

117 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 185 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Christopher G EnglandDepartment of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.
Emily B EhlerdingDepartment of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.
Reinier HernandezDepartment of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.
Brian T RekoskeDepartment of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.
Stephen A GravesDepartment of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.
Haiyan SunDepartment of Radiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin; and.
Glenn LiuDepartment of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.
Douglas G McNeelDepartment of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.
Todd E BarnhartDepartment of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.
Weibo CaiDepartment of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin wcai@uwhealth.org.
University of Wisconsin–Madison · USUniversity of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center · US

Funding

UW COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER SUPPORTP30CA014520 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI AMY TRENTHAM-DIETZ · 1985 to 2026
$142.6M
GRADUATE TRAINING IN MOLECULAR BIOSCIENCEST32GM007215 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI HULL, CHRISTINA M · 1985 to 2018
$22.5M
BIOTECHNOLOGY TRAINING PROGRAMT32GM008349 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI FOX, BRIAN G · 1989 to 2019
$22.5M
U.W. RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES TRAINING PROGRAMT32CA009206 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI Bryan Patrick Bednarz · 1985 to 2026
$12.1M
Chemistry-Biology Interface Training ProgramT32GM008505 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI BLACKWELL, HELEN E. · 1993 to 2023
$9.8M
Novel Combination Therapy for Prostate CancerR01CA169365 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI CAI, WEIBO · 2013 to 2015
$903k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA014520NCI NIH HHS R01 CA169365NCI NIH HHS T32 CA009206NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007215NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008349NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008505
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pembrolizumab is a humanized monoclonal antibody targeting programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) found on T and pro-B cells. Pembrolizumab prevents PD-1 ligation by both PD-L1 and PD-L2, preventing the immune dysregulation that otherwise occurs when T-cells encounter cells expressing these ligands. Clinically, PD-1 blockade elicits potent antitumor immune responses, and antibodies blocking PD-1 ligation, including pembrolizumab, have recently received Food and Drug Administration approval for the treatment of advanced melanoma, renal cell cancer, and non-small cell lung cancer.

methodsIn this study, we evaluated the pharmacokinetics, biodistribution, and dosimetry of pembrolizumab in vivo, accomplished through radiolabeling with the positron emitter

resultsThe tracer remained stable in blood circulation throughout the study and accumulated the greatest in liver and spleen tissues. Both mice and rats showed similar biodistribution and pharmacokinetics of

conclusionThese data will augment our understanding of the pharmacokinetics and biodistribution of radiolabeled pembrolizumab in vivo, while providing detailed dosimetry data that may lead to better dosing strategies in the future. These findings further demonstrate the utility of noninvasive in vivo PET imaging to dynamically track T-cell checkpoint receptor expression and localization in a humanized mouse model.

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AnimalsAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedAntineoplastic AgentsCell TrackingIsotope LabelingMaleMetabolic Clearance RateMiceMice, Inbred ICROrgan SpecificityPositron-Emission TomographyRadioisotopesRadiopharmaceuticalsRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyReproducibility of ResultsAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedAntineoplastic AgentspembrolizumabRadioisotopesRadiopharmaceuticalsZirconium89Zrdosimetrypembrolizumabpositron emission tomography (PET)programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1)

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PMID27493273
PMCPMC5209640
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