Imaging of activated T cells as an early predictor of immune response to anti-PD-1 therapy

…, S Yaghoubi, J Bates, G Ren, S Jivan, TL Huynh… - Cancer research, 2019 - AACR
These findings reveal differences in T-cell activation between responders and
nonresponders early into anti-PD-1 treatment, which may impact many facets of immuno-oncology, …

Sensing Living Bacteria in Vivo Using d-Alanine-Derived 11C Radiotracers

MFL Parker, JM Luu, B Schulte, TL Huynh… - ACS central …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Incorporation of d-amino acids into peptidoglycan is a unique metabolic feature of bacteria.
Since d-amino acids are not metabolic substrates in most mammalian tissues, this difference …

Molecular imaging of prostate cancer targeting CD46 using immunoPET

…, W Zhao, M Jayaraman, TL Huynh… - Clinical Cancer …, 2021 - AACR
Purpose: We recently identified CD46 as a novel therapeutic target in prostate cancer. In
this study, we developed a CD46-targeted PET radiopharmaceutical, [ 89 Zr]DFO-YS5, and …

18F-AraG PET for CD8 profiling of tumors and assessment of immunomodulation by chemotherapy

J Levi, S Goth, L Huynh, T Lam, TL Huynh… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2021 - Soc Nuclear Med
Most clinical trials exploring various combinations of chemo- and immunotherapy rely on
serial biopsy to provide information on immune response. The aim of this study was to assess …

[PDF][PDF] Brown adipocyte ATF4 activation improves thermoregulation and systemic metabolism

E Paulo, Y Zhang, R Masand, TL Huynh, Y Seo… - Cell reports, 2021 - cell.com
Cold-induced thermogenesis in endotherms demands adaptive thermogenesis fueled by
mitochondrial respiration and Ucp1-mediated uncoupling in multilocular brown adipocytes (BAs…

High Enantiomeric Excess In-Loop Synthesis of d-[methyl-11C]Methionine for Use as a Diagnostic Positron Emission Tomography Radiotracer in Bacterial Infection

…, MFL Parker, S Jivan, JM Luu, TL Huynh… - ACS Infectious …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Currently, there exists no accurate, noninvasive clinical imaging method to detect living
bacteria in vivo. Our goal is to provide a positron emission tomography (PET) method to image …

Autoregulation of insulin receptor signaling through MFGE8 and the αvβ5 integrin

…, MJ Podolsky, CD Yang, TL Huynh… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
The role of integrins, in particular αv integrins, in regulating insulin resistance is incompletely
understood. We have previously shown that the αvβ5 integrin ligand milk fat globule …

[11C] Paraoxon: Radiosynthesis, Biodistribution and In Vivo Positron Emission Tomography Imaging in Rat

TR Hayes, CK Chao, JE Blecha, TL Huynh… - … of Pharmacology and …, 2024 - ASPET
Synthesis of the acetylcholinesterase inhibitor paraoxon (POX) as a carbon-11 positron
emission tomography tracer ([ 11 C]POX) and profiling in live rats is reported. Naïve rats …

Longitudinal imaging of T cells and inflammatory demyelination in a preclinical model of multiple sclerosis using 18F-FAraG PET and MRI

C Guglielmetti, J Levi, TL Huynh, B Tiret… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2022 - Soc Nuclear Med
Lymphocytes and innate immune cells are key drivers of multiple sclerosis (MS) and are the
main target of MS disease-modifying therapies (DMT). Ex vivo analyses of MS lesions have …

PET/CT Imaging of Human TNFα Using [89Zr]Certolizumab Pegol in a Transgenic Preclinical Model of Rheumatoid Arthritis

…, A Gonzalez-Junca, JS Janneck, TL Huynh… - Molecular Imaging and …, 2020 - Springer
Purpose Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFα) drives inflammation and bone degradation in
patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Some RA patients experience a rapid clinical …