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The DPP-4 inhibitors sitagliptin and vildagliptin have been shown to be effective, Incretin-Based Therapies for the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes 41 well tolerated and safe. Long-term safety based on CD26 effects remains unknown, but to date no significant alterations of immune function have been observed. Both DPP-4 inhibitors have been effective in monotherapy and combination therapies with metformin or glitazones. They did not show an increased incidence of hypoglycemic events in mono- or combination therapies, and the incidence of adverse events was comparable to the incidence observed in the control groups.
Therefore, their use for nuclear medicine imaging is limited as the high blood activity decreases the target-to-background ratios [5]. This is especially true if the target is small, consists of solid tissue, and is surrounded by other well-perfused organs and large blood vessels, as is the case in pancreatic -cell imaging. For imaging of transplanted -cells, optical imaging methods have been successful in animal models. As stated above, optical imaging may be of very limited use in a clinical situation.
Because the penetration depth is less important in animals than in humans, it is possible to use optical imaging techniques in animal research. Fluorescent tracers would allow to image pancreatic -cells in vivo in animals. Basically, the same tracers as used for PET, SPECT, or MRI imaging could also be labeled with fluorescent dyes. For quantification, 3-D scanning would be preferable -Cell Imaging 23 which is currently in a developmental state. This technique would also rely on the specific accumulation of a tracer in -cells and would not be able to resolve single cells or islets.
