The present invention provides novel radiopharmaceuticals 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,以及用于制备放射性药物的试剂和试剂盒,用于成像患者感染和/或炎症部位的方法,以及用于诊断需要此类诊断的患者感染或炎症相关疾病的方法。这些放射性药物在体内与白细胞表面的
白三烯B4(LTB4)受体结合,这些白细胞在感染和炎症部位积累。本发明提供的试剂也可用于治疗与感染和炎症相关的疾病。