Vesa Oikonen
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Recent Articles
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Lehto J, Aarnio R, Tuisku J, Sucksdorff M, Koivumaki E, Nylund M, et al.
EJNMMI Res
. 2024 Dec;
14(1):123.
PMID: 39636350
Background: PET imaging of activated microglia has improved our understanding of the pathology behind disability progression in MS, and pro-inflammatory microglia at 'smoldering' lesion rims have been implicated as drivers...
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Bucci M, Rebelos E, Oikonen V, Rinne J, Nummenmaa L, Iozzo P, et al.
Metabolites
. 2024 Feb;
14(2).
PMID: 38393006
Accurate positron emission tomography (PET) data quantification relies on high-quality input plasma curves, but venous blood sampling may yield poor-quality data, jeopardizing modeling outcomes. In this study, we aimed to...
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Knuuti J, Tuisku J, Karpijoki H, Iida H, Maaniitty T, Latva-Rasku A, et al.
J Nucl Med
. 2023 Nov;
64(Suppl 2):11S-19S.
PMID: 37918848
Recently, PET systems with a long axial field of view have become the current state of the art. Total-body PET scanners enable unique possibilities for scientific research and clinical diagnostics,...
4.
Lower abdominal adipose tissue cannabinoid type 1 receptor availability in young men with overweight
Pekkarinen L, Kantonen T, Oikonen V, Haaparanta-Solin M, Aarnio R, Dickens A, et al.
Obesity (Silver Spring)
. 2023 Jun;
31(7):1844-1858.
PMID: 37368516
Objective: Cannabinoid type 1 receptors (CB1R) modulate feeding behavior and energy homeostasis, and the CB1R tone is dysgulated in obesity. This study aimed to investigate CB1R availability in peripheral tissue...
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Rainio O, Han C, Teuho J, Nesterov S, Oikonen V, Piirola S, et al.
J Digit Imaging
. 2023 Apr;
36(4):1885-1893.
PMID: 37106213
Carimas is a multi-purpose medical imaging data processing tool, which can be used to visualize, analyze, and model different medical images in research. Originally, it was developed only for positron...
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Savisto N, Gronroos T, Oikonen V, Rajander J, Loyttyniemi E, Bergman J, et al.
EJNMMI Res
. 2023 Mar;
13(1):21.
PMID: 36913049
Background: In the development of new F-labelled tracers, it is important to assess the amount of released [F]fluoride taken up in the bones of experimental animals because all F-labelled PET-tracers...
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Rebelos E, Mari A, Oikonen V, Iida H, Nuutila P, Ferrannini E
Metabolism
. 2022 Dec;
141:155382.
PMID: 36565992
Background/purpose: Studying renal glucose metabolism non-invasively in humans is an unmet need. Positron emission tomography (PET) is the current gold standard for measuring regional tissue glucose uptake rates, but the...
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Moisio O, Virta J, Yatkin E, Liljenback H, Palani S, Viitanen R, et al.
J Nucl Med
. 2022 Oct;
64(4):555-560.
PMID: 36302655
Bexmarilimab is a new humanized monoclonal antibody against common lymphatic endothelial and vascular endothelial receptor-1 (CLEVER-1) and is in clinical trials for macrophage-guided cancer immunotherapy. In addition being associated with...
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Sun L, Aarnio R, Atencio Herre E, Karna S, Palani S, Virtanen H, et al.
Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging
. 2022 Sep;
50(2):266-274.
PMID: 36166079
Purpose: Photoperiod determines the metabolic activity of brown adipose tissue (BAT) and affects the food intake and body mass of mammals. Sympathetic innervation of the BAT controls thermogenesis and facilitates...
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Brumberg J, Aarnio R, Forsberg A, Marjamaki P, Kerstens V, Moein M, et al.
J Cereb Blood Flow Metab
. 2022 Sep;
43(2):258-268.
PMID: 36163685
The membrane-based purinergic 7 receptor (P2XR) is expressed on activated microglia and the target of the radioligand [C]SMW139 for assessment of neuroinflammation. This study investigated the contribution of radiolabelled metabolites...