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A 68Ga-NOTA-ssDNA PET/CT probe enables early detection of renal immune complex deposition in 10-week-old MRL/lpr lupus mice, preceding conventional renal marker changes by ~2 weeks.
- Why it matters: Lupus nephritis prognosis depends on early detection, but biopsy is invasive and urine tests are insufficiently sensitive for early-stage disease.
- What they did: The study engineered a gallium-68–labeled single-stranded DNA probe ([68Ga]Ga-NOTA-ssDNA) and tested diagnostic performance and biosafety in spontaneous MRL/lpr mice.
- The result: The probe showed disease-associated, sustained renal accumulation at 16 weeks and detected immune complex deposition at 10 weeks, without worsening autoimmune phenotypes or triggering Toll-like receptor–mediated signaling.
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