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SUBMITTER: Bam R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6745046 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bam Rakesh R Laffey Makenna M Nottberg Katharine K Lown Patrick S PS Hackel Benjamin J BJ Wilson Katheryne E KE
Bioconjugate chemistry 20190524 6
Spectroscopic photoacoustic (sPA) molecular imaging has high potential for identification of exogenous contrast agents targeted to specific markers. Antibody-dye conjugates have recently been used extensively for preclinical sPA and other optical imaging modalities for highly specific molecular imaging of breast cancer. However, antibody-based agents suffer from long circulation times that limit image specificity. Here, the efficacy of a small protein scaffold, the affibody (ABY), conjugated to ...[more]