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Prolonged In Vivo Retention of a Cathepsin D Targeted Optical Contrast Agent in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease.
Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD - 1 Jan 2015
Snir Jonatan A, Suchy Mojmir, Lawrence Keith St, Hudson Robert H E, Pasternak Stephen H, Bartha Robert
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Cathepsin D (CatD) is a lysosomal protease that is elevated early in Alzheimer's disease (AD). We have previously developed a Targeted contrast agent (CA) to detect CatD activity in vivo, consisting of a magnetic resonance imaging/fluorescent moiety linked to a cell penetrating peptide (CPP) by means of a CatD cleavage site and have demonstrated its uptake in the brain of an AD mouse model. OBJECTIVE:...
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