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SUBMITTER: Goswami LN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3593306 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Goswami Lalit N LN Ma Lixin L Cai Quanyu Q Sarma Saurav J SJ Jalisatgi Satish S SS Hawthorne M Frederick MF
Inorganic chemistry 20130207 4
A vertex-differentiated icosahedral closo-B(12)(2-) core was utilized to construct a α(v)β(3) integrin receptor-targeted (via cRGD peptide) high payload MRI contrast agent (CA-12) carrying 11 copies of Gd(3+)-DOTA chelates attached to the closo-B(12)(2-) surface via suitable linkers. The resulting polyfunctional MRI contrast agent possessed a higher relaxivity value per-Gd compared to Omniscan, a small molecular contrast agent commonly used in clinical settings. The α(v)β(3) integrin receptor sp ...[more]