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Identification of interleukin-2 for imaging atherosclerotic inflammation

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Funding for this research was provided in part through grants from the NIH/NHLBI R01 HL071021 and R01 HL078667 to ZAF and the Stanley J. Sarnoff Endowment for Cardiovascular Research, Inc to VA.

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  1. Imaging Science Laboratories—Department of Radiology and The Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute, Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Center for Cardiovascular Health, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA

    Zahi A. Fayad

  2. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Vardan Amirbekian

  3. Sarnoff Fellow, The Sarnoff Endowment for Cardiovascular Science, Great Falls, VA, USA

    Vardan Amirbekian

  4. Département de Physiologie et Radioisotopes Hopital Européen Georges Pompidou (2ème C), Paris, France

    Jean-François Toussaint

  5. The Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute—Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Center for Cardiovascular Health, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA

    Valentin Fuster

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Fayad, Z.A., Amirbekian, V., Toussaint, JF. et al. Identification of interleukin-2 for imaging atherosclerotic inflammation. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 33, 111–116 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-005-1981-y

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