Preliminary characterization of 68Ga-FAPI-46 for molecular imaging of cardiac fibroblast activation

A Hess, J Tillmanns, T Ross, F Bengel, J Thackeray - 2021 - Soc Nuclear Med
134 Objectives: Cardiac injury including myocardial infarction (MI) precipitates the activation
and transdifferentiation of quiescent cardiac fibroblasts, leading to replacement and reactive …

Biphasic Upregulation of Fibroblast Activation Protein in the Area at Risk Predicts Functional Outcome in Mice after Myocardial Infarction

MF Mayola, A Hess, M Strunk, S Al-Bazaz, A Renko… - 2023 - Soc Nuclear Med
P917 Introduction: Activation of quiescent cardiac fibroblasts after myocardial infarction is a
critical contributor to adverse cardiac remodeling and heart failure. Activated fibroblasts …

Molecular imaging of fibroblast activity after myocardial infarction using a 68Ga-labeled fibroblast activation protein inhibitor, FAPI-04

Z Varasteh, S Mohanta, S Robu… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2019 - Soc Nuclear Med
Heart failure remains a major source of late morbidity and mortality after myocardial
infarction (MI). The temporospatial presence of activated fibroblasts in the injured …

[HTML][HTML] The potential of fibroblast activation protein-targeted imaging as a biomarker of cardiac remodeling and injury

MF Mayola, JT Thackeray - Current Cardiology Reports, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Cardiovascular disease features adverse fibrotic processes
within the myocardium, leading to contractile dysfunction. Activated cardiac fibroblasts play a …

Fibroblast activation protein inhibitor (18F-AIF-FAPI-74) uptake is increased from 2 days to 7 weeks post-acute myocardial infarction.

T Le Wang, J Hicks, J Thiessen, E Sistermans, H Lim… - 2023 - Soc Nuclear Med
P703 Introduction: Myocardial fibroblast activation plays a central role in outcomes post-
acute myocardial infarction (MI). Initially fibroblasts are activated to stabilize the infarcted …

In vivo visualization of 68Ga-FAPI PET in fibrosis formation in heart failure

W Song, X Zhang, C Qin, X Lan - 2022 - Soc Nuclear Med
3333 Introduction: Heart failure (HF) is a chronic and progressive clinical syndrome in which
the heart structure or function is abnormal due to multiple factors. Fibroblast activation …

68Ga-FAPI PET/CT Non-invasive Visualization of Progressive Changes in Chronic Heart Failure

W Song, X Zhang, X Lan, W Cai - 2023 - Soc Nuclear Med
P310 Introduction: Chronic heart failure (CHF) is a progressive clinical syndrome
characterized by abnormal heart structure or function caused by multiple factors. With the …

Visualization of fibroblast activation after myocardial infarction using 68Ga-FAPI PET

L Kessler, J Kupusovic, J Ferdinandus… - Clinical Nuclear …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Aims The aim of this retrospective analysis was to examine the pattern of cardiac 68 Ga-
fibroblast-activation protein-α inhibitor (FAPI) uptake in patients after acute myocardial …

Imaging of cardiac fibroblast activation in a patient after acute myocardial infarction using 68Ga-FAPI-04

S Notohamiprodjo, SG Nekolla, S Robu… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2022 - Elsevier
Our previous study has demonstrated the feasibility of noninvasive imaging of fibroblast
activation protein (FAP)-expression after myocardial infarction (MI) in MI-territory in a rat …

Evaluation of 68Ga-MHLL2 as a novel compound to assess fibroblast activation after myocardial infarction in mice

MF Mayola, A Hess, L Langer, M Willmann, F Bengel… - 2022 - Soc Nuclear Med
2298 Introduction: Activation of quiescent cardiac fibroblasts after myocardial infarction (MI)
is a critical contributor to adverse cardiac remodeling and heart failure development. Novel …