Peptide-based molecular beacons for cancer imaging and therapy

Amino Acids

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1123-1134

  Liu, Tracy W B ^a   Chen, Juan ^a   Zheng, Gang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activatable probes; Molecular beacons; Optical imaging; Photodynamic therapy; Proteases

Indexed keywords

ACRYLAMIDE; CASPASE 3; CATHEPSIN; MATRILYSIN; METALLOPROTEINASE; METHACRYLAMIDE; NANOPARTICLE; PORPHYRIN; PROTEINASE; QUANTUM DOT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UROKINASE;

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER THERAPY; CARCINOGENESIS; CONJUGATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BEACON; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY; NONHUMAN; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN TARGETING; REVIEW; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMANS; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOLECULAR PROBES; NEOPLASMS; PEPTIDES; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS;

EID: 84855236042     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: 14382199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-010-0499-1     Document Type: Review

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