Radiopharmaceutical development of radiolabelled peptides

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 39, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages

  Fani, Melpomeni ^a   Maecke, Helmut R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemical strategies; Labelling approaches; Peptide families; Radiolabelled peptides; Receptor targeting

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; ARGINYLGLYCYLASPARTIC ACID; BOMBESIN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR4; CHOLECYSTOKININ; COPPER 64; COPPER 67; EXENDIN 4; FLUORINE 18; GALLIUM 67; GALLIUM 68; GASTRIN; GONADORELIN; INDIUM 111; IODINE 123; IODINE 124; LUTETIUM 177; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NEUROTENSIN; PENTETIC ACID; PEPTIDE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; SOMATOSTATIN; SOMATOSTATIN 14; SUBSTANCE P; TECHNETIUM 99M; TETRAXETAN; UNINDEXED DRUG; YTTRIUM 86; YTTRIUM 90; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RECEPTOR;

BINDING AFFINITY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMPLEX FORMATION; COVALENT BOND; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG HALF LIFE; FLUORINATION; HUMAN; ISOTOPE LABELING; LIGAND BINDING; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN TARGETING; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOCHEMISTRY; RADIOIODINATION; RADIOISOTOPE THERAPY; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; SCINTISCANNING;

DRUG DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOTOPE LABELING; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PEPTIDES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RECEPTORS, PEPTIDE;

EID: 84863799125     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: 16197089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-011-2001-z     Document Type: Review

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