| Literature DB >> 24990812 |
Dina V Hingorani1, Byunghee Yoo, Adam S Bernstein, Mark D Pagel.
Abstract
This review focuses on exogenous magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agents that are responsive to enzyme activity. Enzymes can catalyze a change in water access, rotational tumbling time, the proximity of a (19)F-labeled ligand, the aggregation state, the proton chemical-exchange rate between the agent and water, or the chemical shift of (19)F, (31)P, (13)C or a labile (1)H of an agent, all of which can be used to detect enzyme activity. The variety of agents attests to the creativity in developing enzyme-responsive MRI contrast agents.Entities:
Keywords: CEST MRI; MR spectroscopy; enzymes; imaging agents; relaxation-based MRI
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Year: 2014 PMID: 24990812 PMCID: PMC4117811 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201402474
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Chemistry ISSN: 0947-6539 Impact factor: 5.236