6-Fluoro-6-deoxy-D-glucose as a tracer of glucose transport

…, D Rubin, MS Berridge, WC Schumann…

Index: Neal, Timothy R.; Schumann, William C.; Berridge, Marc S.; Landau, Bernard R. Journal of Labelled Compounds and Radiopharmaceuticals, 2005 , vol. 48, # 11 p. 845 - 854

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Abstract

Abstract Glucose transport rates are estimated noninvasively in physiological and pathological states by kinetic imaging using PET. The glucose analog most often used is 18 F-labeled 2FDG. Compared with glucose, 2FDG is poorly transported by intestine and