Radiolabelled cytokines for imaging chronic inflammation

  • Signore A
  • D'Alessandria C
  • Annovazzi A
  • et al.
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Abstract

Diagnosis and particularly follow-up of chronic inflammatory disorders could be often difficult in clinical practice. Indeed, traditional radiological techniques reveal only structural tissue alterations and are not able to monitor functional changes occurring in tissues affected by chronic inflammation. The continuous advances in the knowledge of the pathophysioloy of chronic disorders, combined with the progress of radiochemistry, led to the development of new specific radiolabelled agents for the imaging of chronic diseases. In this scenario, cytokines, due to their pivotal role in such diseases, represent good candidates as radiopharmaceuticals.O diagnóstico, e particularmente o acompanhamento das doenças inflamatórias crônicas, pode ser freqüentemente muito difícil na prática clínica. As técnicas radiológicas tradicionais revelam somente as alterações teciduais estruturas, não sendo capazes de monitorar as alterações funcionais que ocorrem nesses tecidos afetados pela inflamação crônica. O contínuo avanço no conhecimento da fisiopatologia dessas doenças, combinado com o progresso da radioquímica, levou ao desenvolvimento de novos agentes radiomarcados para a obtenção de imagens de doenças crônicas. Nesse cenário, as citocinas, devido ao papel primordial em tais doenças, apresentam-se como fortes candidatas a radiofármacos.

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Signore, A., D’Alessandria, C., Annovazzi, A., & Scopinaro, F. (2002). Radiolabelled cytokines for imaging chronic inflammation. Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, 45(spe), 15–23. https://doi.org/10.1590/s1516-89132002000500004

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