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@ARTICLE{Neumaier:889078,
author = {Neumaier, Felix and Zlatopolskiy, Boris D. and Neumaier,
Bernd},
title = {{N}uclear {M}edicine in {T}imes of {COVID}-19: {H}ow
{R}adiopharmaceuticals {C}ould {H}elp to {F}ight the
{C}urrent and {F}uture {P}andemics},
journal = {Pharmaceutics},
volume = {12},
number = {12},
issn = {1999-4923},
address = {Basel},
publisher = {MDPI},
reportid = {FZJ-2021-00014},
pages = {1247},
year = {2020},
abstract = {The emergence and global spread of COVID-19, an infectious
disease caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, has
resulted in a continuing pandemic threat to global health.
Nuclear medicine techniques can be used for functional
imaging of (patho)physiological processes at the cellular or
molecular level and for treatment approaches based on
targeted delivery of therapeutic radionuclides. Ongoing
development of radiolabeling methods has significantly
improved the accessibility of radiopharmaceuticals for in
vivo molecular imaging or targeted radionuclide therapy, but
their use for biosafety threats such as SARS-CoV-2 is
restricted by the contagious nature of these agents. Here,
we highlight several potential uses of nuclear medicine in
the context of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, many of which could
also be performed in laboratories without dedicated
containment measures. In addition, we provide a broad
overview of experimental or repurposed SARS-CoV-2-targeting
drugs and describe how radiolabeled analogs of these
compounds could facilitate antiviral drug development and
translation to the clinic, reduce the incidence of
late-stage failures and possibly provide the basis for
radionuclide-based treatment strategies. Based on the
continuing threat by emerging coronaviruses and other
pathogens, it is anticipated that these applications of
nuclear medicine will become a more important part of future
antiviral drug development and treatment.},
cin = {INM-5},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)INM-5-20090406},
pnm = {573 - Neuroimaging (POF3-573)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-573},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {33371500},
UT = {WOS:000602408600001},
doi = {10.3390/pharmaceutics12121247},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/889078},
}