Figure 1.

Maltodextrin transporter-targeted fluorescent and PET probes published from the Murthy group, highlighting the synergy between optical imaging and PET. (A) Data obtained using the MDP-2 NIR probe in a simple preclinical model of bacterial infection, in which fluorescent signal is seen in living E. coli but not in LPS-induced inflammation in the opposite flank (adapted from Ning et al. 2011). (B) Similar findings for the MH18F maltohexose-derived positron emission tomography tracer (adapted from Ning et al. 2014).