Publication number: 20040166058
Abstract: The invention provides, in a general sense, a new labeling strategy employing compounds that are are N2S2 chelates conjugated to a targeting ligand, wherein the targeting ligand is a disease cell cycle targeting compound, a tumor angiogenesis targeting ligand, a tumor apoptosis targeting ligand, a disease receptor targeting ligand, amifostine, angiostatin, monoclonal antibody C225, monoclonal antibody CD31, monoclonal antibody CD40, capecitabine, COX-2, deoxycytidine, fullerene, herceptin, human serum albumin, lactose, leuteinizing hormone, pyridoxal, quinazoline, thalidomide, transferrin, or trimethyl lysine. The present invention also pertains to kits employing the compounds of interest, and methods of assessing the pharmacology of an agent of interest using the present compounds.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 7, 2003
Publication date:
August 26, 2004
Applicants:
Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, Cell>Point LLC
Inventors:
David J. Yang, Dong-Fang Yu, Chang-Sok Oh, Jerry L. Bryant