Evaluation of [Zr]Zr-DFO-2Rs15d Nanobody for Imaging of HER2-Positive Breast Cancer.

One of the most aggressive forms of breast cancer involves the overexpression of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2). HER2 is overexpressed in ∼25% of all breast cancers and is associated with increased proliferation, increased rates of metastasis, and poor prognosis. Treatment for HER2-positive breast cancer has vastly improved since the development of the monoclonal antibody trastuzumab (Herceptin) as well as other biological constructs.

Molecular epidemiology of hepatitis B among Indigenous Australians in Queensland and the Torres Strait Islands.

Background: Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a major health problem for all Indigenous Australians. Post-2000, Hepatitis B surface antigen prevalence has decreased, although remaining four times higher among Indigenous compared with non-Indigenous people.

Aims: This study aimed to characterise the HBV from Indigenous populations in Queensland and the Torres Strait Islands.

Iron depletion attenuates steatosis in a mouse model of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: Role of iron-dependent pathways.

Background & Aims: Iron has been proposed as influencing the progression of liver disease in subjects with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). We have previously shown that, in the Hfe mouse model of hemochromatosis, feeding of a high-calorie diet (HCD) leads to increased liver injury. In this study we investigated whether the feeding of an iron deficient/HCD to Hfe mice influenced the development of NAFLD.

Ferroportin Expression in Adipocytes Does Not Contribute to Iron Homeostasis or Metabolic Responses to a High Calorie Diet.

Background & Aims: Iron has an increasingly recognized role in the regulation of adipose tissue function, including the expression of adipokines involved in the pathogenesis of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. The cellular iron exporter, ferroportin, has been proposed as being a key determinant of adipocyte iron homeostasis.

Methods: We studied an adipocyte-specific ferroportin () knockout mouse model, using an -Cre recombinase driven deletion and fed mice according to the fast food diet model of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis.