[EN] CONTRAST AGENT FOR IMAGING HYPOXIA<br/>[FR] AGENT DE CONTRASTE POUR LA VISUALISATION DE L'HYPOXIE
申请人:ISIS INNOVATION
公开号:WO2016092325A1
公开(公告)日:2016-06-16
The invention relates to a conjugate which comprises an MRI contrast agent component comprising a nanoparticle, which nanoparticle comprises a metal or a metal compound, and a hypoxia targeting moiety which is conjugated to the MRI contrast agent component, especially wherein said nanoparticle comprises iron oxide and a biocompartible coating and wherein said hypoxia targeting moiety is a nitroimidazole. Also provided is the use of a said conjugate in a method of imaging a subject, a method of detecting hypoxia, and a method of evaluating the activity of a pharmaceutical. Said conjugate is also of use in diagnosis.