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ArticlePloS one2016

The Positron Emission Tomography Tracer 3'-Deoxy-3'-[18F]Fluorothymidine ([18F]FLT) Is Not Suitable to Detect Tissue Proliferation Induced by Systemic Yersinia enterocolitica Infection in Mice.

Stefan Wiehr, Anna-Maria Rolle, Philipp Warnke, Ursula Kohlhofer, Leticia Quintanilla-Martinez, Gerald Reischl, Ingo B Autenrieth, Bernd J Pichler, Stella E Autenrieth

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Article in PloS one, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Stefan WiehrWerner Siemens Imaging Center, Department of Preclinical Imaging and Radiopharmacy, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1923-765X
Anna-Maria RolleWerner Siemens Imaging Center, Department of Preclinical Imaging and Radiopharmacy, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
Philipp WarnkeInstitute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
Ursula KohlhoferInstitute of Pathology, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
Leticia Quintanilla-MartinezInstitute of Pathology, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
Gerald ReischlWerner Siemens Imaging Center, Department of Preclinical Imaging and Radiopharmacy, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
Ingo B AutenriethInstitute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
Bernd J PichlerWerner Siemens Imaging Center, Department of Preclinical Imaging and Radiopharmacy, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
Stella E AutenriethDepartment of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
Siemens (Germany) · DEInstitute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene · DEUniversity of Tübingen · DEUniversity Children's Hospital Tübingen · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Most frequently, gram-negative bacterial infections in humans are caused by Enterobacteriaceae and remain a major challenge in medical diagnostics. We non-invasively imaged moderate and severe systemic Yersinia enterocolitica infections in mice using the positron emission tomography (PET) tracer 3'-deoxy-3'-[18F]fluorothymidine ([18F]FLT), which is a marker of proliferation, and compared the in vivo results to the ex vivo biodistributions, bacterial loads, and histologies of the corresponding organs. Y. enterocolitica infection is detectable with histology using H&E staining and immunohistochemistry for Ki 67. [18F]FLT revealed only background uptake in the spleen, which is the main manifestation site of systemic Y. enterocolitica-infected mice. The uptake was independent of the infection dose. Antibody-based thymidine kinase 1 (Tk-1) staining confirmed the negative [18F]FLT-PET data. Histological alterations of spleen tissue, observed via Ki 67-antibody-based staining, can not be detected by [18F]FLT-PET in this model. Thus, the proliferation marker [18F]FLT is not a suitable tracer for the diagnosis of systemic Y. enterocolitica infection in the C57BL/6 animal model of yersiniosis.

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AnimalsBacterial LoadMiceMice, Inbred C57BLPositron-Emission TomographyRadioactive TracersRadiopharmaceuticalsSpleenTissue DistributionYersinia enterocoliticaYersinia InfectionsRadioactive TracersRadiopharmaceuticals

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PMID27701464
PMCPMC5049782
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