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SUBMITTER: Jiang W
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4360734 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Jiang Weina W Lumata Lloyd L Chen Wei W Zhang Shanrong S Kovacs Zoltan Z Sherry A Dean AD Khemtong Chalermchai C
Scientific reports 20150316
Highly sensitive MR imaging agents that can accurately and rapidly monitor changes in pH would have diagnostic and prognostic value for many diseases. Here, we report an investigation of hyperpolarized (15)N-pyridine derivatives as ultrasensitive pH-sensitive imaging probes. These molecules are easily polarized to high levels using standard dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) techniques and their (15)N chemical shifts were found to be highly sensitive to pH. These probes displayed sharp (15)N res ...[more]