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Mohamed Altai

Uppsala University
Verified email at bms.uu.se
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Pretargeted imaging and therapy

M Altai, R Membreno, B Cook… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2017 - Soc Nuclear Med
In vivo pretargeting stands as a promising approach to harnessing the exquisite tumor-targeting
properties of antibodies for nuclear imaging and therapy while simultaneously skirting …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of mini-PEG-based spacer length on binding and pharmacokinetic properties of a 68Ga-labeled NOTA-conjugated antagonistic analog of bombesin

Z Varasteh, U Rosenström, I Velikyan, B Mitran, M Altai… - Molecules, 2014 - mdpi.com
The overexpression of gastrin-releasing peptide receptor (GRPR) in cancer can be used for
peptide-receptor mediated radionuclide imaging and therapy. We have previously shown …

Affibody-derived drug conjugates: Potent cytotoxic molecules for treatment of HER2 over-expressing tumors

M Altai, H Liu, H Ding, B Mitran, PH Edqvist… - Journal of controlled …, 2018 - Elsevier
Patients with HER2-positive tumors often suffer resistance to therapy, warranting development
of novel treatment modalities. Affibody molecules are small affinity proteins which can be …

[HTML][HTML] Feasibility of affibody molecule-based PNA-mediated radionuclide pretargeting of malignant tumors

H Honarvar, K Westerlund, M Altai, M Sandström… - Theranostics, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Affibody molecules are small (7 kDa), non-immunoglobulin scaffold proteins with a potential
as targeting agents for radionuclide imaging of cancer. However, high renal re-absorption of …

Use of a HEHEHE purification tag instead of a hexahistidine tag improves biodistribution of affibody molecules site-specifically labeled with 99mTc, 111In, and 125I

C Hofström, A Orlova, M Altai… - Journal of medicinal …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Affibody molecules are a class of small (∼7 kDa) robust scaffold proteins suitable for
radionuclide molecular imaging in vivo. The attachment of a hexahistidine (His 6 )-tag to the …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative evaluation of radioiodine and technetium-labeled DARPin 9_29 for radionuclide molecular imaging of HER2 expression in malignant tumors

A Vorobyeva, O Bragina, M Altai, B Mitran… - Contrast Media & …, 2018 - hindawi.com
High expression of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) in breast and
gastroesophageal carcinomas is a predictive biomarker for treatment using HER2-targeted …

HAHAHA, HEHEHE, HIHIHI, or HKHKHK: Influence of Position and Composition of Histidine Containing Tags on Biodistribution of [99mTc(CO)3]+-Labeled Affibody …

C Hofström, M Altai, H Honarvar… - Journal of medicinal …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Engineered affibody molecules can be used for high contrast in vivo molecular imaging.
Extending a recombinantly produced HER2 binding affibody molecule with a hexa-histidine tag …

Radionuclide therapy of HER2-expressing human xenografts using affibody-based peptide nucleic acid–mediated pretargeting: in vivo proof of principle

K Westerlund, M Altai, B Mitran… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2018 - Soc Nuclear Med
Affibody molecules are small proteins engineered using a nonantibody scaffold. Radiolabeled
Affibody molecules are excellent imaging probes, but their application to radionuclide …

Comparative evaluation of two DARPin variants: effect of affinity, size, and label on tumor targeting properties

…, J Lofblom, B Mitran, J Garousi, M Altai… - Molecular …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Designed ankyrin repeat proteins (DARPins) are small engineered scaffold proteins that
can be selected for binding to desirable molecular targets. High affinity and small size of …

Trastuzumab cotreatment improves survival of mice with PC‐3 prostate cancer xenografts treated with the GRPR antagonist 177Lu‐DOTAGA‐PEG2‐RM26

…, T Maina, BA Nock, M Altai… - … Journal of Cancer, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Gastrin‐releasing peptide receptors (GRPRs) are overexpressed in prostate cancer and are
suitable for targeted radionuclide therapy (TRT). We optimized the bombesin‐derived GRPR…