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Overview

Hank F. Kung is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with a substantial body of work in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Other notable subfields include Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Oncology, Molecular Biology, and Cancer Research.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics such as Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications, Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research, Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis, Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications, Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism, Medical Imaging and Pathology Studies, and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments.

Hank F. Kung has published a significant number of papers in various scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Nuclear Medicine and Biology
  • European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
  • Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • Molecular Pharmaceutics
  • Clinical Nuclear Medicine

The scientist collaborates regularly with a group of frequent co-authors, including Lin Zhu, Karl Plöessl, Ruiyue Zhao, David Alexoff, and Zhihao Zha.

Some of their recent research papers include:

  • A New 68Ga]Ga-HBED-CC-Bisphosphonate as a Bone Imaging Agent, 2020, Molecular Pharmaceutics
  • Dynamic PET/CT imaging of 18F-(2S, 4R)4-fluoroglutamine in healthy volunteers and oncological patients., 2020, PubMed
  • Preclinical evaluation of [18F]D3FSP, deuterated AV-45, for imaging of β-amyloid in the brain, 2020, Nuclear Medicine and Biology
  • A New Highly Deuterated 18F]AV-45, 18F]D15FSP, for Imaging β-Amyloid Plaques in the Brain, 2021, ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters
  • Biodistribution, dosimetry, and temporal signal-to-noise ratio analyses of normal and cancer uptake of [68Ga]Ga-P15-041, a gallium-68 labeled bisphosphonate, from first-in-human studies, 2020, Nuclear Medicine and Biology

Best Publications

  • Use of Florbetapir-PET for Imaging β-Amyloid Pathology

    Christopher M. Clark;Julie A. Schneider;Barry J. Bedell;Thomas G. Beach

  • Serotonin receptor 1A knockout: an animal model of anxiety-related disorder.

    Sylvie Ramboz;Ronald Oosting;Djamel Aït Amara;Hank F. Kung

  • In vivo imaging of amyloid deposition in Alzheimer disease using the radioligand 18F-AV-45 (florbetapir [corrected] F 18).

    Dean F. Wong;Paul B. Rosenberg;Yun Zhou;Anil Kumar

  • Increased striatal dopamine transporter in adult patients with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: effects of methylphenidate as measured by single photon emission computed tomography.

    Klaus-Henning Krause;Stefan H Dresel;Johanna Krause;Hank F Kung

  • 5-HT1A autoreceptor levels determine vulnerability to stress and response to antidepressants

    Jesse W. Richardson-Jones;Caryne P. Craige;Bruno P. Guiard;Alisson Stephen

  • Preclinical Properties of 18F-AV-45: A PET Agent for Aβ Plaques in the Brain

    Seok Rye Choi;Geoff Golding;Zhiping Zhuang;Wei Zhang

  • In-vivo imaging of Alzheimer disease beta-amyloid with [11C]SB-13 PET.

    Nicolaas P L G Verhoeff;Alan A Wilson;Shinichiro Takeshita;Liat Trop

  • Altered depression-related behaviors and functional changes in the dorsal raphe nucleus of serotonin transporter-deficient mice.

    Alena Lira;Mingming Zhou;Nathalie Castanon;Mark S Ansorge

  • SPECT Imaging of Striatal Dopamine Release after Amphetamine Challenge

    M Laruelle;A Abi-Dargham;C H van Dyck;W Rosenblatt

  • Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: binding of [99mTc]TRODAT-1 to the dopamine transporter before and after methylphenidate treatment

    S. Dresel;J. Krause;K.-H. Krause;C. LaFougere

  • Imaging of dopamine transporters in humans with technetium-99m TRODAT 1

    Hank F. Kung;Hank F. Kung;Hee-Joung Kim;Mei-Ping Kung;Sanath K. Meegalla

  • Glutamine-based PET imaging facilitates enhanced metabolic evaluation of gliomas in vivo

    Sriram Venneti;Mark P. Dunphy;Hanwen Zhang;Kenneth L. Pitter

  • Iron oxide nanoparticles as magnetic resonance contrast agent for tumor imaging via folate receptor-targeted delivery.

    Hoon Choi;Seok Rye Choi;Rong Zhou;Hank F Kung

  • Microdialysis and SPECT Measurements of Amphetamine-Induced Dopamine Release in Nonhuman Primates

    Marc Laruelle;Marc Laruelle;Raj N. Iyer;Raj N. Iyer;Mohammed S. Al-Tikriti;Mohammed S. Al-Tikriti;Yolanda Zea-Ponce;Yolanda Zea-Ponce

  • F-18 Polyethyleneglycol stilbenes as PET imaging agents targeting Aβ aggregates in the brain

    Wei Zhang;Shunichi Oya;Mei-Ping Kung;Catherine Hou

  • Radioiodinated Styrylbenzenes and Thioflavins as Probes for Amyloid Aggregates

    Z.-P. Zhuang;M.-P. Kung;C. Hou;D. M. Skovronsky

  • Structure−Activity Relationship of Imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines as Ligands for Detecting β-Amyloid Plaques in the Brain

    Zhi-Ping Zhuang;Mei-Ping Kung;Alan Wilson;Chi-Wan Lee

  • In vivo detection of amyloid plaques in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

    Daniel M. Skovronsky;Bin Zhang;Mei-Ping Kung;Hank F. Kung

  • 11C-labeled stilbene derivatives as Aβ-aggregate-specific PET imaging agents for Alzheimer’s disease

    Masahiro Ono;Alan Wilson;Jose Nobrega;David Westaway

  • IMPY: an improved thioflavin-T derivative for in vivo labeling of β-amyloid plaques

    Mei-Ping Kung;Catherine Hou;Zhi-Ping Zhuang;Bin Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

Abass Alavi
Abass Alavi University of Pennsylvania
Robert H. Mach
Robert H. Mach University of Pennsylvania
Victor L. Villemagne
Victor L. Villemagne University of Pittsburgh
John Q. Trojanowski
John Q. Trojanowski University of Pennsylvania
Craig B. Thompson
Craig B. Thompson Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Christopher C. Rowe
Christopher C. Rowe University of Melbourne
Virginia M.-Y. Lee
Virginia M.-Y. Lee University of Pennsylvania
Michael R. Kilbourn
Michael R. Kilbourn University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Franz Hefti
Franz Hefti University of Southern California
Christopher M. Clark
Christopher M. Clark University of Pennsylvania

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