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ArticleEuropean journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging2023

TSPO expression in a Zika virus murine infection model as an imaging target for acute infection-induced neuroinflammation.

Carla Bianca Luena Victorio, Rasha Msallam, Wisna Novera, Joanne Ong, Tham Jing Yang, Arun Ganasarajah, Jenny Low, Satoru Watanabe, Ann-Marie Chacko

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Article in European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Carla Bianca Luena VictorioLaboratory for Translational and Molecular Imaging, Cancer and Stem Cell Biology Programme, Duke-NUS Medical School, 8 College Road, Singapore, 169857, Singapore. carla-bianca.victorio@duke-nus.edu.sg.
Rasha MsallamLaboratory for Translational and Molecular Imaging, Cancer and Stem Cell Biology Programme, Duke-NUS Medical School, 8 College Road, Singapore, 169857, Singapore.
Wisna NoveraLaboratory for Translational and Molecular Imaging, Cancer and Stem Cell Biology Programme, Duke-NUS Medical School, 8 College Road, Singapore, 169857, Singapore.
Joanne OngLaboratory for Translational and Molecular Imaging, Cancer and Stem Cell Biology Programme, Duke-NUS Medical School, 8 College Road, Singapore, 169857, Singapore.
Tham Jing YangLaboratory for Translational and Molecular Imaging, Cancer and Stem Cell Biology Programme, Duke-NUS Medical School, 8 College Road, Singapore, 169857, Singapore.
Arun GanasarajahLaboratory for Translational and Molecular Imaging, Cancer and Stem Cell Biology Programme, Duke-NUS Medical School, 8 College Road, Singapore, 169857, Singapore.
Jenny LowDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Singapore General Hospital, 20 College Road, Singapore, 169856, Singapore.
Satoru WatanabeProgramme in Emerging Infectious Disease, Duke-NUS Medical School, 8 College Road, Singapore, 169857, Singapore.
Ann-Marie ChackoLaboratory for Translational and Molecular Imaging, Cancer and Stem Cell Biology Programme, Duke-NUS Medical School, 8 College Road, Singapore, 169857, Singapore. ann-marie.chacko@duke-nus.edu.sg.ORCID 0000-0001-5140-2622
Duke-NUS Medical School · SGSingapore General Hospital · SG

Funding

Duke-NUS Khoo Collaborative Pilot Award 2018/0010ANational Medical Research Council (SG) Open Fund Individual Research Grant (OF-IRG) MOH-000524National Research Foundation Singapore AG/CIV/GC70-C/NRF/2013/3Singapore Health and Biomedical Sciences (HBMS) Industry Alignment Fund Pre-Positioning (IAF-PP) H18/01/a0/018
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionZika virus (ZIKV) is a neurotropic human pathogen that causes neuroinflammation, whose hallmark is elevated translocator protein (TSPO) expression in the brain. This study investigates ZIKV-associated changes in adult brain TSPO expression, evaluates the effectiveness of TSPO radioligands in detecting TSPO expression, and identifies cells that drive brain TSPO expression in a mouse infection model.

methodsThe interferon-deficient AG129 mouse infected with ZIKV was used as neuroinflammation model. TSPO expression was evaluated by tissue immunostaining. TSPO radioligands, [

resultsBrain TSPO expression increased with ZIKV disease severity. This increase was contributed by TSPO-positive microglia and infiltrating monocytes; and by influx of TSPO-expressing immune cells into the brain. [

conclusionsTSPO is a biologically relevant imaging target for ZIKV neuroinflammation. Brain [

Indexed as

EncephalitisZika VirusZika Virus InfectionAdultAnimalsBrainDisease Models, AnimalHumansMiceNeuroinflammatory DiseasesPositron-Emission TomographyReceptors, GABAReceptors, GABATSPO protein, humanNeuroinflammationPETTranslocator proteinTSPOZika

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PMID36348095
PMCPMC9852192
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