MIPS Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford

Zhen Cheng

Publication Details

  • Imaging chemically modified adenovirus for targeting tumors expressing integrin alphavbeta3 in living mice with mutant herpes simplex virus type 1 thymidine kinase PET reporter gene.

    Xiong Z, Cheng Z, Zhang X, Patel M, Wu JC, Gambhir SS, Chen X. J Nucl Med. 2006; 47 (1): 130-9

    The aim of this study was to change adenovirus tropism by chemical modification of the fiber knobs with PEGylated RGD peptide for targeting integrin alpha(v)beta(3) that is uniquely or highly expressed in tumor cells and neovasculature of tumors of various origins.

    PubMedID: 16391197

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