Assessing antibody pharmacokinetics in mice with in vivo imaging

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Volumn 337, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 350-358

  Hoppin, Jack ^a   Orcutt, Kelly Davis ^b   Hesterman, Jacob Y ^a   Silva, Matthew D ^c   Cheng, Dengfeng ^d   Lackas, Christian ^a   Rusckowski, Mary ^d  

^a InviCRO LLC   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MILLENNIUM PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY CONJUGATE; COPPER 64; FLUORINE 18; GALLIUM 67; GALLIUM 68; INDIUM 111; IODINE 123; IODINE 124; IODINE 125; LUTETIUM 177; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IODINATION; ISOTOPE LABELING; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NONHUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FLUORESCENCE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUMINESCENCE; MICE; PHARMACOKINETICS; PHYSICS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 79955029791     PISSN: 00223565     EISSN: 15210103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/jpet.110.172916     Document Type: Article

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