Summaries by Inventor Liu, Hui

S1P1-targeted PET tracers
Liu, Hui ; Rosenberg, Adam ; Tu, Zhude "Will" ; Yue, Xuyi
T-016151

— Technology Description Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have developed sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor 1 (S1P1)-specific PET tracers. Sphingosine 1-phosphate receptors are G-protein coupled receptors, with five subtypes denoted S1P1-5, that have key functions in immune, inflammat…

S1PR2-targeted PET tracers
Klein, Robyn ; Liu, Hui ; Luo, Zonghua ; Tu, Zhude "Will"
T-018580

— Technology Description Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis and colleagues have developed S1PR2-targeted PET tracers. Sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) is an important bioactive lipid that regulates critical biological functions by acting through five specific G protein-coupled S1P recept…

Sulfur-containing compounds targeting on vesicular acetylcholine transporter for cognitive function
Jin, Hongjun ; Liu, Hui ; Luo, Zonghua ; Tu, Zhude "Will"
T-016517

— Background: Dementia caused by Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and other neurodegenerative diseases manifests as a progressive decline in memory and other cognitive abilities. Deposits of beta-amyloid plaques and tangles of the tau protein are thought to cause the destruction o…