Metabolic and molecular imaging in inflammatory arthritis

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It is known that metabolic shifts and tissue remodelling precede the development of visible inflammation and structural organ damage in inflammatory rheumatic diseases such as the inflammatory arthritides. As such, visualising and measuring metabolic tissue activity could be useful to identify biomarkers of disease activity already in a very early phase. Recent advances in imaging have led to the development of so-called 'metabolic imaging' tools that can detect these changes in metabolism in an increasingly accurate manner and non-invasively.Nuclear imaging techniques such as 18F-D-glucose and fibroblast activation protein inhibitor-labelled positron emission tomography are increasingly used and have yielded impressing results in the visualisation (including whole-body staging) of inflammatory changes in both early and established arthritis. Furthermore, optical imaging-based bedside techniques such as multispectral optoacoustic tomography and fluorescence optical imaging are advancing our understanding of arthritis by identifying intra-articular metabolic changes that correlate with the onset of inflammation with high precision and without the need of ionising radiation.Metabolic imaging holds great potential for improving the management of patients with inflammatory arthritis by contributing to early disease interception and improving diagnostic accuracy, thereby paving the way for a more personalised approach to therapy strategies including preventive strategies. In this narrative review, we discuss state-of-the-art metabolic imaging methods used in the assessment of arthritis and inflammation, and we advocate for more extensive research endeavours to elucidate their full field of application in rheumatology.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:10

Enthalten in:

RMD open - 10(2024), 1 vom: 09. Feb.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Noversa de Sousa, Rita [VerfasserIn]
Tascilar, Koray [VerfasserIn]
Corte, Giulia [VerfasserIn]
Atzinger, Armin [VerfasserIn]
Minopoulou, Ioanna [VerfasserIn]
Ohrndorf, Sarah [VerfasserIn]
Waldner, Maximilian [VerfasserIn]
Schmidkonz, Christian [VerfasserIn]
Kuwert, Torsten [VerfasserIn]
Knieling, Ferdinand [VerfasserIn]
Kleyer, Arnd [VerfasserIn]
Ramming, Andreas [VerfasserIn]
Schett, Georg [VerfasserIn]
Simon, David [VerfasserIn]
Fagni, Filippo [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Arthritis
Arthritis, Rheumatoid
Inflammation
Journal Article
Lipids
Review
Ultrasonography

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Date Completed 14.02.2024

Date Revised 15.02.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1136/rmdopen-2023-003880

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM368307050