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Activation of Human Brown Adipose Tissue by a β3-Adrenergic Receptor Agonist by Cypess, Aaron M., Weiner, Lauren S., Roberts-Toler, Carla, Elía, Elisa Franquet, Kessler, Skyler H., Kahn, Peter A., English, Jeffrey, Chatman, Kelly, Trauger, Sunia A., Doria, Alessandro, Kolodny, Gerald M.

“…Increasing energy expenditure through activation of endogenous brown adipose tissue (BAT) is a potential approach to treat obesity and diabetes. The class of…”
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Mapping of human brown adipose tissue in lean and obese young men by Leitner, Brooks P., Huang, Shan, Brychta, Robert J., Duckworth, Courtney J., Baskin, Alison S., McGehee, Suzanne, Tal, Ilan, Dieckmann, William, Gupta, Garima, Kolodny, Gerald M., Pacak, Karel, Herscovitch, Peter, Cypess, Aaron M., Chen, Kong Y.

“…Human brown adipose tissue (BAT) can be activated to increase glucose uptake and energy expenditure, making it a potential target for treating obesity and…”
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Identification and Importance of Brown Adipose Tissue in Adult Humans by Cypess, Aaron M, Lehman, Sanaz, Williams, Gethin, Tal, Ilan, Rodman, Dean, Goldfine, Allison B, Kuo, Frank C, Palmer, Edwin L, Tseng, Yu-Hua, Doria, Alessandro, Kolodny, Gerald M, Kahn, C. Ronald

“…This study used 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron-emission tomographic and computed tomographic scans to identify substantial depots of brown adipose tissue in…”
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Cold but not sympathomimetics activates human brown adipose tissue in vivo by Cypess, Aaron M, Chen, Yih-Chieh, Sze, Cathy, Wang, Ke, English, Jeffrey, Chan, Onyee, Holman, Ashley R, Tal, Ilan, Palmer, Matthew R, Kolodny, Gerald M, Kahn, C. Ronald

“…As potential activators of brown adipose tissue (BAT), mild cold exposure and sympathomimetic drugs have been considered as treatments for obesity and…”
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Method for Decreasing Uptake of 18F-FDG by Hypermetabolic Brown Adipose Tissue on PET by Williams, Gethin, Kolodny, Gerald M

“…The purpose of this study was to determine whether use of a high-fat, very-low-carbohydrate protocol for preparing patients for PET decreases the frequency of…”
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Respiratory Gating Enhances Imaging of Pulmonary Nodules and Measurement of Tracer Uptake in FDG PET/CT by Werner, Matthias K, Parker, J. Anthony, Kolodny, Gerald M, English, Jeffrey R, Palmer, Matthew R

“…The aim of this study was to evaluate prospectively the effects of respiratory gating during FDG PET/CT on the determination of lesion size and the measurement…”
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Suppression of Myocardial 18F-FDG Uptake by Preparing Patients with a High-Fat, Low-Carbohydrate Diet by Williams, Gethin, Kolodny, Gerald M

“…Myocardial 18F-FDG uptake in PET scans in patients prepared by the usual fasting protocol may result in difficulties in interpretation because variable uptake…”
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Kinetics of human brown adipose tissue activation and deactivation by Leitner, Brooks P., Weiner, Lauren S., Desir, Matthew, Kahn, Peter A., Selen, Daryl J., Tsang, Cathy, Kolodny, Gerald M., Cypess, Aaron M.

“…Brown adipose tissue (BAT) has been identified as a potential target in the treatment and prevention of obesity and metabolic disease. The precise kinetics of…”
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PET-CT reveals increased intestinal glucose uptake after gastric surgery by Franquet, Elisa, Watts, George, Kolodny, Gerald M., Goldfine, Allison B., Patti, Mary-Elizabeth

“…•Bariatric and gastric surgery reduces plasma glucose levels, often yielding resolution of type 2 diabetes.•Consistent with prior data from rodent studies, we…”
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Variable Cold-Induced Brown Adipose Tissue Response to Thyroid Hormone Status by Gavrila, Alina, Hasselgren, Per-Olof, Glasgow, Allison, Doyle, Ashley N, Lee, Alice J, Fox, Peter, Gautam, Shiva, Hennessey, James V, Kolodny, Gerald M, Cypess, Aaron M

“…In addition to its role in adaptive thermogenesis, brown adipose tissue (BAT) may protect from weight gain, insulin resistance/diabetes, and metabolic…”
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Identification and Importance of Brown Adipose Tissue in Adult Humans by Cypess, Aaron M, Lehman, Sanaz, Williams, Gethin, Tal, Ilan, Rodman, Dean, Goldfine, Allison B, Kuo, Frank C, Palmer, Edwin L, Tseng, Yu-Hua, Doria, Alessandro, Kolodny, Gerald M, Kahn, C Ronald

“…Although brown adipose tissue in infants and young children is important for regulation of energy expenditure, there has been considerable debate on whether…”
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Quantification of human and rodent brown adipose tissue function using 99mTc-methoxyisobutylisonitrile SPECT/CT and 18F-FDG PET/CT by Cypess, Aaron M, Doyle, Ashley N, Sass, Christina A, Huang, Tian Lian, Mowschenson, Peter M, Rosen, Harold N, Tseng, Yu-Hua, Palmer, 3rd, Edwin L, Kolodny, Gerald M

“…For brown adipose tissue (BAT) to be effective at consuming calories, its blood flow must increase enough to provide sufficient fuel to sustain energy…”
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New approach to acquired drug resistance and toxicity in cancer chemotherapy by Kolodny, Gerald M.

“…•Novel method to prevent cancer chemotherapy drug resistance and toxicity.•Simultaneous use of arrays of hundreds of aptamers binding cancer…”
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Shareware Program for Nuclear Medicine and PET/CT PACS Display and Processing by Barbaras, Larry, Tal, Ilan, Palmer, Matthew R, Parker, J. Anthony, Kolodny, Gerald M

“…Many of the functions necessary for imaging and analyzing nuclear medicine studies are not available on radiology PACS. Over the past 20 years, we have…”
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Retrospective study of coronary uptake of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose in association with calcification and coronary artery disease: a preliminary study by Williams, Gethin, Kolodny, Gerald M

“…OBJECTIVETo determine whether focal F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake could be detected along the course of coronary arteries in patients with known coronary…”
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Rifaximin suppresses background intestinal 18F-FDG uptake on PET/CT scans by Franquet, Elisa, Palmer, Mathew R, Gifford, Anne E, Selen, Daryl J, Chen, Yih-Chieh S, Sedora-Roman, Neda, Joyce, Robin M, Kolodny, Gerald M, Moss, Alan C

“…BACKGROUNDIdentification of cancer or inflammatory bowel disease in the intestinal tract by PET/computed tomography (CT) imaging can be hampered by…”
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Focal physiologic fluorodeoxyglucose activity in the gastrointestinal tract is located within the colonic lumen by Wang, Ke, Chen, Yih-Chieh S, Palmer, Matthew R, Tal, Ilan, Ahmed, Awais, Moss, Alan C, Kolodny, Gerald M

“…AIMPhysiologic activity of F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) in the intestinal tract occurs frequently in patients undergoing PET/computed tomography (CT) imaging,…”
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Sources of apical defects on a high-sensitivity cardiac camera: experiences from a practice performance assessment by Tsai, Leo L, Donohoe, Kevin J, Stokes, Margaret K, Hauser, Thomas H, Kolodny, Gerald M, Hill, Thomas C, Parker, J Anthony

“…Apical perfusion artifacts seen on a high-sensitivity camera warranted a practice performance assessment to evaluate contributions from soft-tissue…”
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Splenic Implants Detected by SPECT Images of Tc-99m Labeled Damaged Red Blood Cells by Williams, Gethin, Rosen, Max P, Parker, J Anthony, Kolodny, Gerald M

“…A 51-year-old woman with a history of splenectomy for traumatic splenic rupture as a child presented with right-sided abdominal pain. A pelvic and renal…”
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Clinical pretreatment risk factors and Ga‐67 scintigraphy early during treatment for prediction of outcome of patients with aggressive non‐Hodgkin lymphoma by Israel, Ora, Mor, Maya, Epelbaum, Ron, Frenkel, Alex, Haim, Nissim, Dann, Eldad J., Gaitini, Diana, Bar‐Shalom, Rachel, Kolodny, Gerald M., Front, Dov

“…BACKGROUND Clinical pretreatment risk factors indicate the severity of disease in patients with aggressive non‐Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). Ga‐67 scintigraphy…”
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