Nuclear Medicine and Biology
Volume 33, Issue 5 , Pages 677-683 , July 2006

An improved method of 18F peptide labeling: hydrazone formation with HYNIC-conjugated c(RGDyK)

  • Yun-Sang Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 110-744, Korea
    • Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 110-744, Korea
    • Institute of Radiation Medicine, Medical Research Center, Seoul National University, Seoul 110-799, Korea
    • Department of Manufacturing Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea
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  • Jae Min Jeong

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 110-744, Korea
    • Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 110-744, Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding authors. Jae Min Jeong is to be contacted at Department of Nuclear Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 28 Yongon-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul 110-744, Korea. Tel.: +82 2 2072 3805; fax: +82 2 745 7690. Young-Ger Suh, Tel.: +82 2 880 7875; fax: +82 2 888 0649.
  • ,
  • Hyung Woo Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 110-744, Korea
    • Institute of Radiation Medicine, Medical Research Center, Seoul National University, Seoul 110-799, Korea
  • ,
  • Young Soo Chang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 110-744, Korea
    • Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 110-744, Korea
    • Institute of Radiation Medicine, Medical Research Center, Seoul National University, Seoul 110-799, Korea
  • ,
  • Young Joo Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 110-744, Korea
    • Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 110-744, Korea
  • ,
  • Mee Kyung Hong

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 110-744, Korea
    • Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 110-744, Korea
  • ,
  • Ganesha B. Rai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 110-744, Korea
  • ,
  • Dae Yoon Chi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Chemistry, Inha University, Inchon 402-751, Korea
  • ,
  • Won Jun Kang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 110-744, Korea
  • ,
  • Joo Hyun Kang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 110-744, Korea
    • Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 110-744, Korea
  • ,
  • Dong Soo Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 110-744, Korea
  • ,
  • June-Key Chung

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 110-744, Korea
    • Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 110-744, Korea
  • ,
  • Myung Chul Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 110-744, Korea
  • ,
  • Young-Ger Suh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Manufacturing Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding authors. Jae Min Jeong is to be contacted at Department of Nuclear Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 28 Yongon-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul 110-744, Korea. Tel.: +82 2 2072 3805; fax: +82 2 745 7690. Young-Ger Suh, Tel.: +82 2 880 7875; fax: +82 2 888 0649.

Received 8 February 2006 ,Revised 7 April 2006 ,Accepted 8 April 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nucmedbio.2006.04.004

Nuclear Medicine and Biology
Volume 33, Issue 5 , Pages 677-683 , July 2006