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. 2017 Aug 28;18(9):1864. doi: 10.3390/ijms18091864

Table 1.

Summary of radiopharmaceutical used for angiogenesis imaging.

Radiotracers Imaging Mode Biological Analog Target Process References
18F-FDG PET Glucose Glucose metabolism, GLUT-1 expression [16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25]
123I or 125I-VEGF165/121 SPECT VEGF isoforms VEGF pathway, bind to VEGFR [26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42]
99mTc-VEGF121 SPECT VEGF isoforms VEGF pathway, bind to VEGFR-2 [42,43,44,45]
111In–VEGF165 SPECT VEGF isoforms VEGF pathway, bind to VEGFR [46]
64Cu-VEGF121 PET VEGF isoforms VEGF pathway, bind to VEGFR-2 [47,48]
111In Bevacizumab SPECT VEGF VEGF pathway; antibody against VEGF-A [49]
89Zr Bevacizumab PET VEGF VEGF pathway; antibody against VEGF-A [49,50]
125I-RGD peptides SPECT Integrin αvβ3 Bind to RDG sequence of integrin [51]
18F-Galacto RGD peptides PET Integrin αvβ3 Bind to RDG sequence of integrin [51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59]
68Ga-NOTA-PRGD2 PET Integrin αvβ3 Bind to RDG sequence of integrin [55,59,60]
64Cu-DOTA RGDyK PET Integrin αvβ3 Bind to RDG sequence of integrin [61,62]
99mTc-scFvL19 SPECT Fibronectin Fibronectin pathway, antibody against ED-B domain [63,64]
123I-scFvL19 SPECT Fibronectin Fibronectin pathway, antibody against ED-B domain [65]
76Br or 124I-L19 SIP PET Fibronectin Fibronectin pathway, antibody against ED-B domain [66,67]
18F-SAV 03M PET Matrix metalloproteinasis Gelatinases pathway, inibithors of MMP-2 [68]
68Ga-NOTA-C6 PET Matrix metalloproteinasis Gelatinases pathway, inibithors of MMP-2 and 9 [69]
18F-FMISO PET Nitroimidazole Hypoxia [70,71,72,73,74]
64Cu-ATSM PET Hypoxia [75,76]