by | Feb 16, 2024 | Kotzbauer, Paul, Qiu, Lin, Tu, Zhude "Will", Yu, Yanbo
— Radiotracers to detect early Parkinson’s disease
Technology Description
Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis, led by Dr. Zhude Tu, have developed two imaging agents for α-synuclein (α-syn) aggregation for use to diagnose early Parkinson’s disease, track dise…
by | May 5, 2020 | Mach, Robert, Tu, Zhude "Will", Wang, Wei
— Technology Description
Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis and their colleagues have developed positron emission tomography (PET) tracers with high affinity for sigma-1 receptors. Sigma receptors have two subtypes, sigma-1 and sigma-2. Sigma-1 has high expression in the limbic and mo…
by | Jan 21, 2020 | Klein, Robyn, Liu, Hui, Luo, Zonghua, Tu, Zhude "Will"
— Technology Description
Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis and colleagues have developed S1PR2-targeted PET tracers. Sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) is an important bioactive lipid that regulates critical biological functions by acting through five specific G protein-coupled S1P recept…
by | Jan 21, 2020 | Liu, Hui, Rosenberg, Adam, Tu, Zhude "Will", Yue, Xuyi
— Technology Description
Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have developed sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor 1 (S1P1)-specific PET tracers. Sphingosine 1-phosphate receptors are G-protein coupled receptors, with five subtypes denoted S1P1-5, that have key functions in immune, inflammat…
by | Jan 16, 2020 | Tu, Zhude "Will"
— These materials are an alpha-synuclein binding compound (standard), and the precursor for PET radiolabeling the compound. Precursor’s code name: TZ61-23; chemical name: 2-((6-methoxypyridin-3-yl)amino)quinolin-6-ol. Standard’s code name: TZ61-44; chemical name: 6-(2-fluoroexthoxy)-N-(6-metho…
by | Dec 18, 2019 | Tu, Zhude "Will"
— TZ4877 is a ligand for the sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) receptor 1 in the CNS, developed and radiolabeled with fluorine-18. TZ4877 is the standard (non-radioactive compound) which is used for HPLC analysis of the S1P1 PET tracer, [18F]TZ4877. TZ50153 is the radiolabeling precursor of the PET tracer…