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Periaortic Brown Adipose Tissue as a Major Determinant of [(18)F]-Fluorodeoxyglucose Vascular Uptake in Atherosclerosis-Prone, ApoE(−/−) Mice

BACKGROUND: [(18)F]-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) has been suggested for the clinical and experimental imaging of inflammatory atherosclerotic lesions. Significant FDG uptake in brown adipose tissue (BAT) has been observed both in humans and mice. The objective of the present study was to investigate the...

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Autores principales: Toczek, Jakub, Broisat, Alexis, Perret, Pascale, Desruet, Marie-Dominique, Fagret, Daniel, Riou, Laurent M., Ghezzi, Catherine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4108473/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25054923
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0099441