MIPS Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford

Francis Blankenberg

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  • Detection of early atherosclerosis with radiolabeled monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 in prediabeteic Zucker rats.

    Blankenberg FG, Wen P, Dai M, Zhu D, Panchal SN, Tait JF, Post AM, Strauss HW, Valantine HA. Pediatr Radiol. 2001; 31 (12): 827-35

    Migration of monocytes into the arterial wall is an early finding of atherosclerosis. Monocytes are attracted to sites of vascular endothelial cell injury, the initiating event in the development of atheromatous disease, by a chemokine known as monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1). Injured vascular endothelial and smooth muscle cells selectively secrete MCP-1.

    PubMedID: 11727015

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