Activatable fluorescent probes: A new concept in optical molecular imaging

Current Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 19, Issue 28, 2012, Pages 4731-4741

  Lacivita, E ^a   Leopoldo, M ^a   Berardi, F ^a   Colabufo, N A ^a   Perrone, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Activatable fluorescent probes; Cancer imaging; FRET; Metal ions; Neurodegenerative diseases; Optical imaging; Photon induced electron transfer

Indexed keywords

AVIDIN; CATHEPSIN B; CATHEPSIN D; CATHEPSIN E; DIHYDRODICHLOROFLUORESCEIN; FLUORESCEIN; FLUORESCENT DYE; GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B; INDOCYANINE GREEN; MONOMER; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RHODAMINE; TRASTUZUMAB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONJUGATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OVARY METASTASIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHOTOCHEMICAL QUENCHING; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN TARGETING; PROTON TRANSPORT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTUM YIELD; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASES; METALS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; OPTICAL IMAGING; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

EID: 84870433388     PISSN: 09298673     EISSN: 1875533X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/092986712803341511     Document Type: Article

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