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Intriguing information from recent letter and article regarding unwanted targeting of salivary glands by PSMA ligands

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The reconstructed microPET images and detailed biodistrubtion data are available upon request.

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This work was funded by Ohio Department of Development, Ohio Third Frontier TVSF grant TECH 2015–0779 and 2017–0053.

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    Steve S. Huang, Frank DiFilippo, Daniel Lindner & Warren D. W. Heston

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Animal experiments using mice were performed in accordance with recommendations in Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals of the National Institutes of Health and conducted under a protocol approved by Cleveland Clinic Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee. Studies were supported in part by the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center Athymic Animal and Preclinical Therapeutics Shared Resource and NCI core grant 5 P30 CA043703-32. Studies were performed under CCF IACUC2464.

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Steve Huang filed a patent application with Cleveland Clinic Innovations regarding JB-1498. All other authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Huang, S.S., DiFilippo, F., Lindner, D. et al. Intriguing information from recent letter and article regarding unwanted targeting of salivary glands by PSMA ligands. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 50, 2950–2951 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-023-06325-x

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