Abstract:
The present invention relates to CD31 shed for use as a molecular imaging target in the molecular imaging of an inflammatory condition. Administering the radiolabeled peptide P8RI as CD31 shed ligand in different rat models of inflammation indeed showed that CD31 shed is present on activated cells in a quantity allowing a detectable signal, whereas the noise signal corresponding to CD31 shed present on activated circulating cells and on other organs or cells not involved in inflammation was little. The present invention thus also relates to a labeled CD31 shed ligand and the use thereof as a molecular imaging agent in the molecular imaging of an inflammatory condition. The molecular imaging of inflammatory sites particularly allows determining whether a subject suffers from or is at risk of having an inflammatory condition or is at risk of recurrence of an inflammatory condition after an anti-inflammatory treatment.
Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to complexes for intracellular imaging and also to methods and kits for intracellular imaging or cell labelling. Certain embodiments of the present disclosure provide a complex comprising a transition metal carbonyl compound, a conjugated bidentate ligand and a tetrazolato compound comprising a saccharide group.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a radiolabelling imaging agent comprising ornithine and derivatives thereof modified to incorporate a Technetium (99n,Tc) radiolabel. The radioiabelled imaging agents are substrates for Ornithine Decarboxylase (ODC) and can be used for imaging of cancers in which ODC expression is upregulated.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a multifunctional nanostructure, specifically a ferritin, vectorised with folic acid and to the use thereof as a contrast agent in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), fluorescence optical imaging (OI) and/or scintigraphy (SPECT).
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method of differentially diagnosing different types of dementia. In particular, the method relates to the use of specific SPECT tracers for differentially diagnosing Alzheimer's disease, Lewy-Body Dementia, and Frontotemporal Dementia.
Abstract:
The present invention provides tetra-amine chelator conjugates with biological targeting moieties, linked via a linker group and technetium complexes thereof as radiopharmaceuticals. The linker group is such that the chelator is mono-functionalised at the bridgehead position and provides both flexibility and a lack or aryl groups, to minimise lipophilicity and steric bulk. Protected versions of the chelators are provided, which permit conjugation with a wide range of targeting molecules without interfering reactions with the amine nitrogens of the tetra-amine chelator. Syntheses of the functionalised chelators are described, together with bifunctional chelate precursors. Radiopharmaceutical compositions comprising the technetium metal complexes of the invention are described, together with non-radioactive kits for the preparation of such radiopharmaceuticals.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a method for diagnosing breast cancer in a subject. The present invention also provides a method for treating breast cancer in a subject. Finally, the present invention provides a method for assessing the efficacy of breast cancer therapy in a subject who has undergone or is undergoing treatment for breast cancer.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a pharmaceutical preparation comprising a radioimmunological conjugate (RIK) for in-vivo elimination of virus-replicating cells in HIV-1, HIV-2, HIV-3, HTLV-1, HTLV-2, HBV, HCV, HDV, CMV, EBV, HHV8 infections and in other chronic virus infections. The radioimmunological conjugate is characterized in that it contains, as immunologically effective constituents; d) a monoclonal antibody or the antigen-binding fragment thereof against a viral or virus-induced antigen expressed on the plasma membrane of virus-infected cells, or; e) a receptor molecule or the fragment thereof with an affinity to an epitope of the viral structural proteins expressed on the plasma membrane of infected cells; or f) a fragment of the cellular receptor molecule, said fragment being modified by mutagenesis, with an affinity to an epitope of the viral structural proteins expressed on the plasma membrane of infected cells. Said conjugate is also characterized in that it contains d) an alpha emitter or a beta emitter as a radioactive constituent. The inventive pharmaceutical preparation also optionally comprises a pharmaceutical carrier and/or adjuvant.
Abstract:
Diphosphine precursor compounds of Formula (I), conjugates thereof of Formula (II) and radionuclide conjugate complexes thereof are disclosed herein. The compounds are advantageous at least because they enable the easy one-step extemporaneous preparation of the corresponding complexes in the clinic in high radiochemical yields and under mild conditions. Also disclosed are the methods of making the compounds and complexes herein along with their uses. The complexes are particularly useful in the field of medicine and diagnosis, such as in medical imaging and targeted payload delivery.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to imaging probes, preferably radioactive compounds, (also referred to in the present invention as radiotracers) comprising a protein, preferably selected from the list consisting of collagen, fibronectin, and fibrinogen. In a particular embodiment, said protein is covalently bonded to a chelating agent and a radioisotope coordinated to the chelating agent. The present invention also relates to the method of preparation of the compounds and the use of the compounds for the non-invasive detection of infection sites caused by Gram+ bacteria by means of imaging techniques, such as nuclear imaging.