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Development of Positron Emission Tomography Radiotracers for Imaging α-Synuclein Aggregates.

Xiaodi Guo, Jie Xiang, Keqiang Ye, Zhentao Zhang

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Review in Cells, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Design, Synthesis and Evaluation of the First 2-Alkynyl(aza)indolePharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
    Article
  3. Discovery ofCells · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Xiaodi GuoDepartment of Neurology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9595-4912
Jie XiangDepartment of Neurobiology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China.
Keqiang YeFaculty of Life and Health Sciences, Shenzhen University of Advanced Technology (SUAT), Shenzhen 518055, China.
Zhentao ZhangDepartment of Neurology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6708-1472

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China No. 82271447
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neurodegenerative diseases (NDDs) that are characterized by the accumulation of alpha-synuclein (α-syn) aggregates in both neurons and the non-neuronal cells of the brain are called synucleinopathies. The most common synucleinopathies includes Parkinson's disease (PD), Parkinson's disease dementia (PDD), multiple system atrophy (MSA), and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB). Significant progress has been made in the development of positron emission tomography (PET) radiotracers for synucleinopathies, yielding several α-syn tracers that have entered clinical studies. However, selective α-syn imaging still faces inherent challenges. This review provides a comprehensive overview of the progress in α-syn PET radiotracers from three angles: Alzheimer's disease (AD)-derived scaffolds, representative compound scaffolds and analogs, and the identification of α-syn tracers through high-throughput screening (HTS). We discuss the characteristics, advantages, and limitations of the tracers for preclinical and clinical application. Finally, future directions in the development of radioligands for proteinopathies are discussed. There is no clinical available PET radiotracer for imaging α-syn aggregates, but these advances have laid a key foundation for non-invasive α-syn imaging and early diagnosis of synucleinopathies.

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alpha-SynucleinPositron-Emission TomographyProtein AggregatesRadiopharmaceuticalsAnimalsHumansSynucleinopathiesalpha-SynucleinProtein AggregatesRadiopharmaceuticalshigh-throughput screeningParkinson’s diseasesynucleinopathytracer

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PMCPMC12191325

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