2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Development of noninvasive diagnostic imagingfor NASH using redox molecular imaging
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16K16409
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Medical systems
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| Research Institution | Kyushu University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2016-04-01 – 2018-03-31
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| Keywords | 非アルコール性脂肪肝炎 / DNP-MRI / レドックス / ミトコンドリア |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The prevalence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is rising as not only an adult disease but also pediatric disease. In order to evaluate the progress of the disease non-invasively to non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), a new Development of diagnostic methods is an important research objective. Liver biopsy, which is a standard diagnostic technique of NASH, has several drawbacks, including the risk of complications associated with invasive procedures. Here we demonstrate that biomedical nuclear polarized magnetic resonance imaging using carbamoyl-PROXYL as a molecular imaging probe can detect dramatical change of mitochondrial redox metabolism in vivo in the early stages before histopathological change , and clarified that early pathology of NASH can be detected.
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| Free Research Field |
消化器外科
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