Nuclear Medicine and Biology
Volume 33, Issue 4 , Pages 489-494 , May 2006

Development of a 111In-labeled peptide derivative targeting a chemokine receptor, CXCR4, for imaging tumors

  • Hirofumi Hanaoka

      Affiliations

    • Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Yoshida Shimoadachi-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
    • Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma University, Showa-machi, Maebashi 371-8511, Japan
  • ,
  • Takahiro Mukai

      Affiliations

    • Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
    • Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
  • ,
  • Hirokazu Tamamura

      Affiliations

    • Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Yoshida Shimoadachi-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
    • Institute of Biomaterials and Bioengineering, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0062, Japan
  • ,
  • Tomohiko Mori

      Affiliations

    • Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
  • ,
  • Seigo Ishino

      Affiliations

    • Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Yoshida Shimoadachi-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
  • ,
  • Kazuma Ogawa

      Affiliations

    • Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Yoshida Shimoadachi-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
  • ,
  • Yasuhiko Iida

      Affiliations

    • Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma University, Showa-machi, Maebashi 371-8511, Japan
  • ,
  • Ryuichiro Doi

      Affiliations

    • Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
  • ,
  • Nobutaka Fujii

      Affiliations

    • Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Yoshida Shimoadachi-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
  • ,
  • Hideo Saji

      Affiliations

    • Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Yoshida Shimoadachi-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 75 753 4556; fax: +81 75 753 4568.

Received 7 October 2005 ,Revised 12 January 2006 ,Accepted 12 January 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nucmedbio.2006.01.006

Nuclear Medicine and Biology
Volume 33, Issue 4 , Pages 489-494 , May 2006