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Molecular imaging of pathologic lesions can improve efficient detection of cancer and cardiovascular diseases. A shared pathophysiological feature is angiogenesis, the formation of new blood vessels. Endoglin (CD105) is a coreceptor for ligands of the Transforming Growth Factor-β (TGF-β) family and is highly expressed on angiogenic endothelial cells. Therefore, endoglin-based imaging has been explored to visualize lesions of the aforementioned diseases. This systematic review highlights the progress in endoglin-based imaging of cancer, atherosclerosis, myocardial infarction, and aortic aneurysm, focusing on positron emission tomography (PET), single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), near-infrared fluorescence (NIRF) imaging, and ultrasound imaging. PubMed was searched combining the following subjects and their respective synonyms or relevant subterms: “Endoglin”, “Imaging/Image-guided surgery”. In total, 59 papers were found eligible to be included: 58 reporting about preclinical animal or in vitro models and one ex vivo study in human organs. In addition to exact data extraction of imaging modality type, tumor or cardiovascular disease model, and tracer (class), outcomes were described via a narrative synthesis. Collectively, the data identify endoglin as a suitable target for intraoperative and diagnostic imaging of the neovasculature in tumors, whereas for cardiovascular diseases, the evidence remains scarce but promising.
Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon, Optical Imaging, Endoglin, Review, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, endoglin; CD105; TGF-β; imaging; image-guided surgery; molecular imaging; nanoparticles; microbubbles; angiogenesis; cancer; cardiovascular diseases, Surgery, Computer-Assisted, Cardiovascular Diseases, Neoplasms, Positron-Emission Tomography, Animals, Humans, endoglin; CD105; TGF-β; imaging; image-guided surgery; molecular imaging; nanoparti- cles; microbubbles; angiogenesis; cancer; cardiovascular diseases, Ultrasonography
Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon, Optical Imaging, Endoglin, Review, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, endoglin; CD105; TGF-β; imaging; image-guided surgery; molecular imaging; nanoparticles; microbubbles; angiogenesis; cancer; cardiovascular diseases, Surgery, Computer-Assisted, Cardiovascular Diseases, Neoplasms, Positron-Emission Tomography, Animals, Humans, endoglin; CD105; TGF-β; imaging; image-guided surgery; molecular imaging; nanoparti- cles; microbubbles; angiogenesis; cancer; cardiovascular diseases, Ultrasonography
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