Adrenomedullin in cardiovascular disease: a useful biomarker, its pathological roles and therapeutic application

T Nishikimi, K Kuwahara, Y Nakagawa… - Current Protein and …, 2013 - ingentaconnect.com
Many neurohumoral factors play important roles in the regulation of the cardiovascular
system and in the pathophysiology of cardiovascular disease. Adrenomedullin (AM) is a …

Al [18F] F-complexation of DFH17, a NOTA-conjugated adrenomedullin analog, for PET imaging of pulmonary circulation

LMA Martinez, F Harel, QT Nguyen… - Nuclear medicine and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Introduction Adrenomedullin receptors are highly expressed in human alveolar capillaries
and provide a molecular target for imaging the integrity of pulmonary microcirculation. In this …

[HTML][HTML] PulmoBind imaging measures reduction of vascular adrenomedullin receptor activity with lack of effect of sildenafil in pulmonary hypertension

N Merabet, MJ Nsaibia, QT Nguyen, YF Shi… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
Endothelial dysfunction is a core pathophysiologic process in pulmonary arterial
hypertension (PAH). We developed PulmoBind (PB), a novel imaging biomarker of the …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular imaging of the human pulmonary vascular endothelium in pulmonary hypertension: a phase II safety and proof of principle trial

F Harel, D Langleben, S Provencher, A Fournier… - European journal of …, 2017 - Springer
Purpose The adrenomedullin receptor is densely expressed in the pulmonary vascular
endothelium. PulmoBind, an adrenomedullin receptor ligand, was developed for molecular …

Molecular imaging of the human pulmonary vascular endothelium using an adrenomedullin receptor ligand

F Harel, X Levac, QT Nguyen… - Molecular …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
This phase I study (NCT01539889) evaluated the safety, efficacy, and dosing of PulmoBind
for molecular imaging of pulmonary circulation. PulmoBind is a ligand of the adrenomedullin …

PulmoBind, an adrenomedullin-based molecular lung imaging tool

M Létourneau, QT Nguyen, F Harel… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2013 - Soc Nuclear Med
Previous studies showed that adrenomedullin (AM) could be a promising agent for
molecular imaging of the pulmonary circulation, with abundant specific binding sites at the …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular imaging of the pulmonary circulation in health and disease

J Dupuis, F Harel, QT Nguyen - Clinical and Translational Imaging, 2014 - Springer
The pulmonary circulation, at the unique crossroads between the left and the right heart, is
submitted to large physiologic hemodynamic variations and possesses numerous important …

[HTML][HTML] SPECT and PET imaging of adrenomedullin receptors: a promising strategy for studying pulmonary vascular diseases

LMA Martinez, F Harel, M Létourneau… - American journal of …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Circulating adrenomedullin (AM) levels are elevated in several cardiovascular diseases,
including pulmonary vascular diseases causing pulmonary hypertension. To date the …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of pulmonary perfusion by SPECT imaging using an endothelial cell tracer in supine humans and dogs

X Levac, F Harel, V Finnerty, QT Nguyen… - EJNMMI research, 2016 - Springer
Background Pulmonary perfusion is not spatially homogeneously distributed, and its
variations could be of diagnostic value in lung vascular disease. PulmoBind is a ligand of …

Characterization of iodinated adrenomedullin derivatives suitable for lung nuclear medicine

Y Fu, M Létourneau, D Chatenet, J Dupuis… - Nuclear medicine and …, 2011 - Elsevier
INTRODUCTION: We have recently demonstrated the effectiveness of 99m-technetium
adrenomedullin (AM) as a new molecular lung imaging agent that could provide significant …