| Publications: |
| Synthesis: |
| Kung MP, Hou C, Zhuang ZP, Zhang B, Skovronsky D, Trojanowski JQ, Lee VM, Kung HF. IMPY: an improved thioflavin-T derivative for in vivo labeling of beta-amyloid plaques. Brain Res. 2002; 956(2):202-210.Kung MP, Hou C, Zhuang ZP, Cross AJ, Maier DL, Kung HF. Characterization of IMPY as a potential imaging agent for beta-amyloid plaques in double transgenic PSAPP mice. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2004; 31(8):1136-1145. |
| In vitro analysis: |
| Kung M.P. Kung MP, Hou C, Zhuang ZP, Zhang B, Skovronsky D, Trojanowski JQ, Lee VM, Kung HF. IMPY: an improved thioflavin-T derivative for in vivo labeling of beta-amyloid plaques. Brain Res. 2002; 956(2):202-210. Zhuang ZP, Kung MP, Hou C, Skovronsky DM, Gur TL, Plossl K, Trojanowski JQ, Lee VM, Kung HF. Radioiodinated styrylbenzenes and thioflavins as probes for amyloid aggregates. J Med Chem. 2001; 44(12):1905-1914. |
| Animal Studies: |
| Kung MP, Hou C, Zhuang ZP, Cross AJ, Maier DL, Kung HF. Characterization of IMPY as a potential imaging agent for beta-amyloid plaques in double transgenic PSAPP mice. Kung M.P. Kung MP, Hou C, Zhuang ZP, Zhang B, Skovronsky D, Trojanowski JQ, Lee VM, Kung HF. IMPY: an improved thioflavin-T derivative for in vivo labeling of beta-amyloid plaques. Brain Res. 2002; 956(2):202-210.Zhuang ZP, Kung MP, Hou C, Skovronsky DM, Gur TL, Plossl K, Trojanowski JQ, Lee VM, Kung HF. Radioiodinated styrylbenzenes and thioflavins as probes for amyloid aggregates. J Med Chem. 2001; 44(12):1905-1914.Zhuang ZP, Kung MP, Wilson A, Lee CW, Plossl K, Hou C, Holtzman DM, Kung HF. Structure-activity relationship of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines as ligands for detecting beta-amyloid plaques in the brain. J Med Chem. 2003; 46(2):237-243. |
| Clinical Studies: |
| Newberg AB, Wintering NA, Plossl K, Hochold J, Stabin MG, Watson M, Skovronsky D, Clark CM, Kung MP, Kung HF. Safety, biodistribution, and dosimetry of 123I-IMPY: a novel amyloid plaque-imaging agent for the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. J Nucl Med. 2006 May;47(5):748-54. |
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