申请人:Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharma Company
公开号:EP1293214A2
公开(公告)日:2003-03-19
The present invention provides novel radiopharmaceutials useful for the diagnosis of infection and inflammation, reagents and kits useful for preparing the radiopharmaceuticals, methods of imaging sites of infection and/or inflammation in a patient, and methods of diagnosing diseases associated with infection or inflammation in patients in need of such diagnosis. The radiopharmaceuticals bind in vivo to the leukotriene B4 (LTB4) receptor on the surface of leukocytes which accumulate at the site of infection and inflammation. The reagents provided by this invention are also useful for the treatment of diseases associated with infection and inflammation.
本发明提供了用于诊断感染和炎症的新型放射性药物、用于制备放射性药物的试剂和试剂盒、对患者感染和/或炎症部位进行成像的方法,以及对需要进行此类诊断的患者进行与感染或炎症相关的疾病诊断的方法。放射性药物在体内与白细胞表面的白三烯 B4(LTB4)受体结合,白细胞在感染和炎症部位聚集。本发明提供的试剂还可用于治疗与感染和炎症有关的疾病。