Cardiorenal ketone metabolism: a positron emission tomography study in healthy humans

Cardiorenal ketone metabolism: a positron emission tomography study in healthy humans

Ketones are alternative energy substrates for the heart and kidney but no studies have investigated their metabolism simultaneously in both organs in humans. The present double tracer positron emission tomography (PET) study evaluated the organ distribution and basal kinetic rates of the radiolabele...

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Main Authors: Bernard Cuenoud, Etienne Croteau, Valérie St-Pierre, Gabriel Richard, Mélanie Fortier, Camille Vandenberghe, André C. Carpentier, Stephen C. Cunnane
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
Subjects:
heart
kidney
ketone
11C-acetoacetate
11C-acetate
cardiorenal
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphys.2023.1280191/full

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