Translocator protein 18 kDa (TSPO): molecular sensor of brain injury and repair

MK Chen, TR Guilarte - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2008 - Elsevier
For over 15 years, the peripheral benzodiazepine receptor (PBR), recently named
translocator protein 18 kDa (TSPO) has been studied as a biomarker of reactive gliosis and …

Nuclear imaging of neuroinflammation: a comprehensive review of [11C]PK11195 challengers

F Chauveau, H Boutin, N Van Camp, F Dollé… - European journal of …, 2008 - Springer
Neurodegenerative, inflammatory and neoplastic brain disorders involve neuroinflammatory
reactions, and a biomarker of neuroinflammation would be useful for diagnostic, drug …

The 18 kDa translocator protein, microglia and neuroinflammation

GJ Liu, RJ Middleton, CR Hatty, WWY Kam… - Brain …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The 18 kDa translocator protein (TSPO), previously known as the peripheral
benzodiazepine receptor, is expressed in the injured brain. It has become known as an …

Comparative evaluation of the translocator protein radioligands 11C-DPA-713, 18F-DPA-714, and 11C-PK11195 in a rat model of acute neuroinflammation

F Chauveau, N Van Camp, F Dollé… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2009 - Soc Nuclear Med
Overexpression of the translocator protein, TSPO (18 kDa), formerly known as the peripheral
benzodiazepine receptor, is a hallmark of activation of cells of monocytic lineage (microglia …

Detection of microglial activation in an acute model of neuroinflammation using PET and radiotracers 11C-(R)-PK11195 and 18F-GE-180

AM Dickens, S Vainio, P Marjamäki… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2014 - Soc Nuclear Med
It remains unclear how different translocator protein (TSPO) ligands reflect the spatial extent
of astrocyte or microglial activation in various neuroinflammatory conditions. Here, we use a …

Recent progress in the development of TSPO PET ligands for neuroinflammation imaging in neurological diseases

MM Alam, J Lee, SY Lee - Nuclear medicine and molecular imaging, 2017 - Springer
Neuroinflammation is heavily associated with various neurological diseases including
Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, and stroke. It is strongly …

TSPO: an evolutionarily conserved protein with elusive functions

F Bonsack, S Sukumari-Ramesh - International journal of molecular …, 2018 - mdpi.com
TSPO (18 kDa translocator protein) was identified decades ago in a search for peripheral
tissue binding sites for benzodiazepines, and was formerly called the peripheral …

18F-Radiolabeled Translocator Protein (TSPO) PET Tracers: Recent Development of TSPO Radioligands and Their Application to PET Study

TG Luu, HK Kim - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Translocator protein 18 kDa (TSPO) is a transmembrane protein in the mitochondrial
membrane, which has been identified as a peripheral benzodiazepine receptor. TSPO is …

[HTML][HTML] Novel PET imaging of inflammatory targets and cells for the diagnosis and monitoring of giant cell arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica

KSM van der Geest, M Sandovici, PH Nienhuis… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Giant cell arteritis (GCA) and polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) are two interrelated
inflammatory diseases affecting patients above 50 years of age. Patients with GCA suffer …

The 18-kDa translocator protein PET tracers as a diagnostic marker for neuroinflammation: development and current standing

P Singh, A Adhikari, D Singh, C Gond, AK Tiwari - ACS omega, 2022 - ACS Publications
Translocator protein (TSPO, 18 kDa) is an evolutionary, well-preserved, and tryptophan-rich
169-amino-acid protein which localizes on the contact sites between the outer and inner …