Nuclear Medicine and Biology
Volume 34, Issue 5 , Pages 503-510 , July 2007

Chemical design of a radiolabeled gelatinase inhibitor peptide for the imaging of gelatinase activity in tumors

  • Hirofumi Hanaoka

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

    • Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
    • Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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  • Sayo Habashita

      Affiliations

    • Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Yoshida Shimoadachi-cho, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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  • Daigo Asano

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

    • Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Yoshida Shimoadachi-cho, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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  • Yoshihiro Kuroda

      Affiliations

    • Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Yoshida Shimoadachi-cho, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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  • Hiromichi Akizawa

      Affiliations

    • Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, Chiba 260-8675, Japan
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  • Yasuhiko Iida

      Affiliations

    • Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma University, Maebashi 371-8511, Japan
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  • Keigo Endo

      Affiliations

    • Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma University, Maebashi 371-8511, Japan
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  • Tsuneo Saga

      Affiliations

    • Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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  • Hideo Saji

      Affiliations

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

Received 27 March 2007 ,Accepted 4 April 2007.

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PII: S0969-8051(07)00097-2

doi: 10.1016/j.nucmedbio.2007.04.002

Nuclear Medicine and Biology
Volume 34, Issue 5 , Pages 503-510 , July 2007