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The present invention relates to the preparation and use of polymer complements to β-amyloid peptides (Aβ) for detecting soluble or aggregated Aβ in fluid samples or for treating a subject having a neurodegenerative disease.
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A contrast agent for MRI imaging includes: (a) one cyclodextrin, whose truncated-cone-shaped structure defines a central axis, a first and a second openings along the axis, (b) one paramagnetic element, located on the cyclodextrin axis, outside the structure and proximate to the first opening, (c) one or several coordination ligand(s) of the paramagnetic element which coordinate(s) the paramagnetic element, (d) one arm covalently bound to the cyclodextrin, proximate to the second opening, which is able to form an inclusion complex with the cyclodextrin.
摘要:
The present invention relates to vehicles for delivering macromolecules into cells. More particularly, embodiments of the invention relate to compounds and methods for binding and compacting nucleic acids into nanoparticles for transferring the polynucleotides into cells and which can be configured to provide a mechanism for visualization of the delivery vehicles on the nm/μm scale by microscopy and on the sub-mm scale by magnetic resonance imaging. Polycations according to embodiments of the invention have been designed to contain repeated oligoethyleneamines, for binding and compacting nucleic acids into nanoparticles, and lanthanide (Ln) chelates (for example, using luminescent europium Eu3+ and paramagnetic gadolinium Gd3+). Preferred polymeric imaging beacons according to embodiments of the invention comprise repeating units of metal chelates within an oligoamine backbone, the repeating units comprising: wherein n ranges from 2 to 10,000,000; M is a metal capable of exhibiting an imaging functionality for an imaging modality; and the oligoamine backbone comprises from 1 to 8 ethlyeneamines and is chosen from diethyleneamine, triethylenediamine, tetraethylenetriamine, pentaethylenetetraamine, hexaethylenepentamine, heptaethylenehexamine, octaethyleneheptamine or nonethyleneoctaamine. Especially preferred, are structures chelated with either Eu3+ or Gd3+ for microscopy or MRI imaging, respectively. Such chelated lanthanides allow for the visualization of the delivery vehicle both on the nm/μm scale by way of microscopy and on the sub-mm scale using MRI.
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Disclosed are methods of treating subjects having conditions related to angiogenesis including administering an effective amount of a polymeric form of thyroid hormone, or an antagonist thereof, to promote or inhibit angiogenesis in the subject. Compositions of the polymeric forms of thyroid hormone, or thyroid hormone analogs, are also disclosed.
摘要:
A delivery vehicle is described that is capable of being specifically bound to and taken into targeted cells, delivering numerous physiological agents, particularly paramagnetic ions for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the cells. The delivery vehicle comprises a polymeric molecule having a net positive charge complexed with another polymeric molecule having a net negative charge. Cell targeting moieties and physiological agents, including contrast agents and therapeutic agents, are attached to one or both of the polymeric molecules. In one embodiment, the polymeric molecule having a net negative charge is a nucleic acid. Thus, the delivery vehicles can be used in clinical protocols in which nucleic acids for gene therapy and agents for MRI contrast are co-transported to specific cells allowing medical imaging monitoring of nucleic acid delivery.
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The present invention provides a coating that emits magnetic resonance signals and a method for coating medical devices therewith. The coating includes a paramagnetic metal ion-containing polymer complex that facilitates diagnostic and therapeutic techniques by readily visualizing medical devices coated with the complex.
摘要:
There is disclosed a diagnostic imaging agent which comprises a compound wherein at least one bifunctional ligand is chemically bonded to an amino group of amino oligosaccharide having the molecular weight of 500 to 2000 and having a reduction-treated reducing end of a sugar chain, or to an aldehyde group of a dialdehyde-oligosaccharide, at least one constituent monosaccharide of which is oxidation-cleaved, having the molecular weight of 500 to 2000 and having a reduction-treated reducing end of a sugar chain, and said ligand is coordinated with at least one metal ion selected from the group consisting of metal ions having the atomic number of 21-29, 31, 32, 37-39, 42-44, 49 and 56-83.
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A gadolinium chelate, a preparation method therefor, and an application thereof. The gadolinium chelate is a complex formed by chelation of gadolinium ions and macromolecules. The macromolecules comprise any one of or a copolymer or mixture of two or more of carboxylic acid-containing high-molecular polymers, amino-containing high-molecular polymers, hydroxyl-containing high-molecular polymers, polyester high-molecular polymers, polyether high-molecular polymers, polyamide high-molecular polymers, proteins, polypeptides, and polysaccharides. The gadolinium ions and the macromolecules form the gadolinium chelate by means of chelation. The gadolinium chelate is a water-soluble macromolecular drug, can improve a longitudinal relaxation rate r1 and reduce a ratio of r2/r1, has good water-solubility and high stability, and meanwhile, can exhibit a good imaging effect in a short period of time and shorten an MRI time.
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The present invention relates to an efficient method for grafting a properties-imparting compound onto a polymeric substrate containing carbon-hydrogen (C—H) bonds using clip chemistry. The method of the invention includes coating the substrate with the properties-imparting compound and irradiating it with a reactive light source, and repeating this sequence at least once. The present invention further relates to surface-modified polymeric substrates grafted with a properties-imparting compound, in particular obtained with the method of the invention, medical devices comprising same, and non-medical of said surface-modified polymeric substrates.
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A preparation method for a magnetic composite for treating and diagnosing cancer. The method may include a step of pyrolyzing a precursor of a magnetic nanoparticle in the presence of a conjugated polymer. The preparation method for a magnetic composite can produce a magnetic composite economically and efficiently because a magnetic composite comprising a magnetic nanoparticle coated with a conjugated polymer can be prepared by a single process.