Near-infrared pH-activatable fluorescent probes for imaging primary and metastatic breast tumors

Bioconjugate Chemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 777-784

  Lee, Hyeran ^a   Akers, Walter ^a   Bhushan, Kumar ^a   Bloch, Sharon ^a   Sudlow, Gail ^a   Tang, Rui ^a   Achilefu, Samuel ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CYTOLOGY; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; INFRARED DEVICES; MEDICAL IMAGING; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PH SENSORS; SPECTROSCOPY; TUMORS;

ARGININE-GLYCINE-ASPARTIC ACIDS; BREAST TUMOUR; CYANINE DYES; ENDOTHELIAL-CELLS; FLUORESCENCE ENHANCEMENT; FLUORESCENT PROBES; INTEGRINS; NEAR INFRARED; NEAR-INFRARED; PH SENSITIVE;

PROBES;

CYANINE DYE; CYCLIC ARGININE GLYCINE ASPARTIC ACID; FLUORESCENT DYE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITRONECTIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREAST METASTASIS; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CARCINOGENESIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONJUGATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER HOMOGENATE; LUNG METASTASIS; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOUSE; NEAR INFRARED PH ACTIVATABLE FLUORESCENT PROBE; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNTHESIS; TUMOR CELL;

EID: 79955005399     PISSN: 10431802     EISSN: 15204812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bc100584d     Document Type: Article

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