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Anne
Roivainen
Professor, Turku PET Centre
Professor of Preclinical Imaging and Drug Research

Contact

+358 40 824 3510
Kiinamyllynkatu 4-8
20520
Turku

Areas of expertise

Molecular Imaging
PET
Inflammation Imaging

Research

http://inflammation-imaging.utu.fi

Our group is based in Turku PET Centre, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital. Our research focuses on developing radiopharmaceuticals for the PET imaging of various inflammatory diseases.

Inflammation is a significant component of several chronic diseases involving the cardiovascular, metabolic, respiratory, gastro-intestinal, musculoskeletal and nervous systems. Positron emission tomography (PET) with targeted probes enables evaluation of the molecular and cellular pathophysiological mechanisms of diseases (i.e. molecular imaging). However, more specific markers than the currently used glucose analogue, fluorodeoxyglucose 18F-FDG, are needed to assess inflammation and its consequences in different pathologies. Aims of our studies are pre-clinical evaluation of new targeted probes and techniques for molecular imaging of inflammation. The imaging agents will be evaluated in experimental models of inflammation, in healthy subjects and in patients. The main hypothesis is that sensitive whole-body imaging of inflammation will enable early diagnosis, help in patient selection to particular therapy and monitor therapy outcome. Noteworthy, the development of new radiopharmaceuticals requires several years’ effort and expensive proof-of-concept and acute toxicity studies. Our research is focusing on PET tracers and to lesser extent magnetic resonance (MR) and single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) imaging agents.


Publications

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Folate Receptor β Targeted PET Imaging of Macrophages in Autoimmune Myocarditis (2020)

Journal of Nuclear Medicine
Arghavan Jahandideh, Sauli Uotila, Mia Ståhle, Jenni Virta, Xiang-Guo Li, Ville Kytö, Päivi Marjamäki, Heidi Liljenbäck, Pekka Taimen, Vesa Oikonen, Jukka Lehtonen, Mikko I. Mäyranpää, Qingshou Chen, Philip S. Low, Juhani Knuuti, Anne Roivainen, Antti Saraste
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))

Hydroxysteroid (17β) dehydrogenase 12 is essential for metabolic homeostasis in adult mice (2020)

AJP - Endocrinology and Metabolism
Heikelä Hanna, Ruohonen Suvi T, Adam Marion, Viitanen Riikka, Liljenbäck Heidi, Eskola Olli, Gabriel Michael, Mairinoja Laura, Pessia Alberto, Velagapudi Vidya, Roivainen Anne, Zhang Fu-Ping, Strauss Leena, Poutanen Matti
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))