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Multivalency in CXCR4 chemokine receptor targeted iron oxide nanoparticles (2021)
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Baghdadi, N. E., Burke, B. P., Alresheedi, T., Nigam, S., Saeed, A., Almutairi, F., Domarkas, J., Khan, A., & Archibald, S. J. (2021). Multivalency in CXCR4 chemokine receptor targeted iron oxide nanoparticles. Dalton Transactions : an international journal of inorganic chemistry, 50(5), 1599-1603. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0dt02626c

The CXCR4 chemokine receptor is an important biomolecular target in cancer diagnostics and therapeutics. In a new multivalent approach, iron oxide nanoparticles were conjugated with multiple binding units of a low affinity azamacrocylic CXCR4 antagon... Read More about Multivalency in CXCR4 chemokine receptor targeted iron oxide nanoparticles.

Towards dual SPECT/optical bioimaging with a mitochondrial targeting, 99mTc(i) radiolabelled 1,8-naphthalimide conjugate (2020)
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Day, A. H., Domarkas, J., Nigam, S., Renard, I., Cawthorne, C., Burke, B. P., Bahra, G. S., Oyston, P. C. F., Fallis, I. A., Archibald, S. J., & Pope, S. J. A. (in press). Towards dual SPECT/optical bioimaging with a mitochondrial targeting, 99mTc(i) radiolabelled 1,8-naphthalimide conjugate. Dalton Transactions : an international journal of inorganic chemistry, 49(2), 511-523. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9dt04024b

A series of six different 1,8-naphthalimide conjugated dipicolylamine ligands (L1-6) have been synthesised and characterised. The ligands possess a range of different linker units between the napthalimide fluorophore and dipcolylamine chelator which... Read More about Towards dual SPECT/optical bioimaging with a mitochondrial targeting, 99mTc(i) radiolabelled 1,8-naphthalimide conjugate.

64Cu PET Imaging of the CXCR4 Chemokine Receptor Using a Cross-Bridged Cyclam Bis-Tetraazamacrocyclic Antagonist (2019)
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Burke, B. P., Miranda, C., Lee, R., Renard, I., Nigam, S., Clemente, G., D'Huys, T., Ruest, T., Domarkas, J., Thompson, J., Hubin, T., Schols, D., Cawthorne, C., & Archibald, S. J. (2020). 64Cu PET Imaging of the CXCR4 Chemokine Receptor Using a Cross-Bridged Cyclam Bis-Tetraazamacrocyclic Antagonist. Journal of nuclear medicine, 61(1), 123-128. https://doi.org/10.2967/jnumed.118.218008

© 2020 by the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. Expression of the chemokine receptor chemokine C-X-C motif receptor 4 (CXCR4) plays an important role in cancer metastasis, in autoimmune diseases, and during stem cell-based repair pro... Read More about 64Cu PET Imaging of the CXCR4 Chemokine Receptor Using a Cross-Bridged Cyclam Bis-Tetraazamacrocyclic Antagonist.

Cell proliferation detected using [18F]FLT PET/CT as an early marker of abdominal aortic aneurysm (2019)
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Gandhi, R., Cawthorne, C., Craggs, L. J., Wright, J. D., Domarkas, J., He, P., Koch-Paszkowski, J., Shires, M., Scarsbrook, A. F., Archibald, S. J., Tsoumpas, C., & Bailey, M. A. (2019). Cell proliferation detected using [18F]FLT PET/CT as an early marker of abdominal aortic aneurysm. Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12350-019-01946-y

© 2019, The Author(s). Background: Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a focal aortic dilatation progressing towards rupture. Non-invasive AAA-associated cell proliferation biomarkers are not yet established. We investigated the feasibility of the cel... Read More about Cell proliferation detected using [18F]FLT PET/CT as an early marker of abdominal aortic aneurysm.

Structurally optimised BODIPY derivatives for imaging of mitochondrial dysfunction in cancer and heart cells (2016)
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Nigam, S., Burke, B. P., Davies, L. H., Domarkas, J., Wallis, J. F., Waddell, P. G., Waby, J. S., Benoit, D. M., Seymour, A. M., Cawthorne, C., Higham, L. J., & Archibald, S. J. (2016). Structurally optimised BODIPY derivatives for imaging of mitochondrial dysfunction in cancer and heart cells. Chemical communications : Chem comm / the Royal Society of Chemistry, 52(44), 7114-7117. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5cc08325g

The structural features required for mitochondrial uptake of BODIPY-based optical imaging agents have been explored. The first derivatives of this class of dyes shown to have mitochondrial membrane potential-dependent uptake in both cancer and heart... Read More about Structurally optimised BODIPY derivatives for imaging of mitochondrial dysfunction in cancer and heart cells.

Mono- and bis-alkylation of glyoxal-bridged tetraazamacrocycles using mechanochemistry (2016)
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Abdulwahaab, B. H., Burke, B. P., Domarkas, J., Silversides, J. D., Prior, T. J., & Archibald, S. J. (2016). Mono- and bis-alkylation of glyoxal-bridged tetraazamacrocycles using mechanochemistry. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 81(3), 890-898. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.5b02464

Glyoxal-bridged bisaminal tetraazamacrocyclic derivatives of 1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane (cyclen) and 1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane (cyclam) can be N-functionalized to incorporate coordinating groups or for conjugation to biomolecules. Herein,... Read More about Mono- and bis-alkylation of glyoxal-bridged tetraazamacrocycles using mechanochemistry.

Development of PDT/PET theranostics: synthesis and biological evaluation of an ¹⁸F-radiolabeled water soluble porphyrin (2015)
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Entract, G. M., Bryden, F., Domarkas, J., Savoie, H., Allott, L., Archibald, S. J., Cawthorne, C., & Boyle, R. W. (2015). Development of PDT/PET theranostics: synthesis and biological evaluation of an ¹⁸F-radiolabeled water soluble porphyrin. Molecular pharmaceutics, 12(12), 4414-4423. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.5b00606

Synthesis of the first water-soluble porphyrin radiolabeled with fluorine-18 is described: a new molecular theranostic agent which integrates the therapeutic selectivity of photodynamic therapy (PDT) with the imaging efficacy of positron emission tom... Read More about Development of PDT/PET theranostics: synthesis and biological evaluation of an ¹⁸F-radiolabeled water soluble porphyrin.

Chelator free gallium-68 radiolabelling of silica coated iron oxide nanorods via surface interactions (2015)
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Burke, B. P., Baghdadi, N., Kownacka, A. E., Nigam, S., Clemente, G. S., Al-Yassiry, M. M., Domarkas, J., Lorch, M., Pickles, M., Gibbs, P., Cawthorne, C., & Archibald, S. J. (2015). Chelator free gallium-68 radiolabelling of silica coated iron oxide nanorods via surface interactions. Nanoscale, 7(36), 14889-14896. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5nr02753e

The commercial availability of combined magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)/positron emission tomography (PET) scanners for clinical use has increased demand for easily prepared agents which offer signal or contrast in both modalities. Herein we describ... Read More about Chelator free gallium-68 radiolabelling of silica coated iron oxide nanorods via surface interactions.