Pharmacological blockade of ASCT2-dependent glutamine transport leads to antitumor efficacy in preclinical models

…, JA Smith, J Berlin, MK Washington, ML Nickels… - Nature medicine, 2018 - nature.com
The unique metabolic demands of cancer cells underscore potentially fruitful opportunities
for drug discovery in the era of precision medicine. However, therapeutic targeting of cancer …

[HTML][HTML] DNA methyltransferase inhibition upregulates MHC-I to potentiate cytotoxic T lymphocyte responses in breast cancer

…, SR Opalenik, H Li, CA Zahnow, ML Nickels… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Potentiating anti-tumor immunity by inducing tumor inflammation and T cell-mediated responses
are a promising area of cancer therapy. Immunomodulatory agents that promote these …

[HTML][HTML] Positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance imaging methods and datasets within the Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network (DIAN)

…, ML Nickels, F Rahmani, L Swisher… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network (DIAN) is an international collaboration studying
autosomal dominant Alzheimer disease (ADAD). ADAD arises from mutations occurring in …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular imaging probe development: a chemistry perspective

DD Nolting, ML Nickels, N Guo… - American journal of …, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Molecular imaging is an attractive modality that has been widely employed in many aspects
of biomedical research; especially those aimed at the early detection of diseases such as …

Utility of [18F]FSPG PET to Image Hepatocellular Carcinoma: First Clinical Evaluation in a US Population

G Kavanaugh, J Williams, AS Morris, ML Nickels… - Molecular imaging and …, 2016 - Springer
Purpose Non-invasive imaging is central to hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) diagnosis;
however, conventional modalities are limited by smaller tumors and other chronic diseases that …

Preclinical Evaluation of 4-[18F]Fluoroglutamine PET to Assess ASCT2 Expression in Lung Cancer

…, MR Hight, JR Buck, MN Tantawy, ML Nickels… - Molecular imaging and …, 2016 - Springer
Purpose Alanine-serine-cysteine transporter 2 (ASCT2) expression has been demonstrated
as a promising lung cancer biomarker. (2S,4R)-4-[ 18 F]Fluoroglutamine (4-[ 18 F]fluoro-Gln) …

Synthesis and structure–activity relationships of 5, 6, 7-substituted pyrazolopyrimidines: discovery of a novel TSPO PET ligand for cancer imaging

…, MI Uddin, JM Harp, A Fu, ML Nickels… - Journal of medicinal …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Focused library synthesis and structure–activity relationship development of 5,6,7-substituted
pyrazolopyrimidines led to the discovery of 2-(5,7-diethyl-2-(4-(2-fluoroethoxy)phenyl)…

The current role of microfluidics in radiofluorination chemistry

KA Knapp, ML Nickels, HC Manning - Molecular Imaging and Biology, 2020 - Springer
The current utilization of positron emission tomography (PET) imaging is limited due to the
high costs associated with production facility start-up and operations; subsequently, there has …

Investigating tau and amyloid tracer skull binding in studies of Alzheimer disease

…, A Vlassenko, S Schwarz, ML Nickels… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2023 - Soc Nuclear Med
Off-target binding of [ 18 F]flortaucipir (FTP) can complicate quantitative PET analyses. An
underdiscussed off-target region is the skull. Here, we characterize how often FTP skull …

Radiopharmaceutical quality control considerations for accelerator-produced actinium therapies

…, R Oyama, G Gaehle, ML Nickels… - Cancer biotherapy & …, 2022 - liebertpub.com
Background: Alpha-particle-emitting radiotherapies are of great interest for the treatment of
disseminated cancer. Actinium-225 ( 225 Ac) produces four α-particles through its decay and …