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SUBMITTER: Wang X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7570625 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wang Xinli X Wang Liye L Xie Lijun L Xie Zuoxu Z Li Li L Bui Dinh D Yin Taijun T Gao Song S Hu Ming M
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 20200904 18
Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) imaging agents are potent tools for early cancer diagnosis. Almost all of the COX2 imaging agents using celecoxib as backbone were chemically modified in the position of N-atom in the sulfonamide group. Herein, a novel COX-2 probe (CCY-5) with high targeting ability and a near-infrared wavelength (achieved by attaching a CY-5 dye on the pyrazole ring of celecoxib using a migration strategy) was evaluated for its ability to probe COX-2 in human cancer cells. CCY-5 is expe ...[more]