Evolution of bombesin conjugates for targeted PET imaging of tumors.

Bombesin receptors are under intense investigation as molecular targets since they are overexpressed in several prevalent solid tumors. We rationally designed and synthesized a series of modified bombesin (BN) peptide analogs to study the influence of charge and spacers at the N-terminus, as well as...

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Main Authors: Hanwen Zhang, Keelara Abiraj, Daniel L J Thorek, Beatrice Waser, Peter M Smith-Jones, Michael Honer, Jean Claude Reubi, Helmut R Maecke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3443097?pdf=render