Implications of melanin binding in ocular drug delivery

AK Rimpelä, M Reinisalo, L Hellinen… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2018 - Elsevier
Pigmented ocular tissues contain melanin within the intracellular melanosomes. Drugs bind
to melanin at varying extent that ranges from no binding to extensive binding. Binding may …

[HTML][HTML] Imaging of uveal melanoma—Current standard and methods in development

M Solnik, N Paduszyńska, AM Czarnecka… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Uveal melanoma is the most prevalent intraocular tumor in adults, derived
from melanocytes; the liver is the most common site of its metastases. Due to troublesome …

Development of 18F-Labeled Picolinamide Probes for PET Imaging of Malignant Melanoma

H Liu, S Liu, Z Miao, Z Deng, B Shen… - Journal of medicinal …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Melanoma is an aggressive skin cancer with worldwide increasing incidence. Development
of positron emission tomography (PET) probes for early detection of melanoma is critical for …

High-contrast PET of melanoma using 18F-MEL050, a selective probe for melanin with predominantly renal clearance

D Denoyer, I Greguric, P Roselt, OC Neels… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2010 - Soc Nuclear Med
The aim of this study was to evaluate the novel probe 18F-6-fluoro-N-[2-(diethylamino) ethyl]
pyridine-3-carboxamide (18F-MEL050) for the imaging of primary and metastatic melanoma …

Biodistribution, radiation dosimetry, and clinical application of a melanin-targeted PET probe, 18F-P3BZA, in patients

X Ma, S Wang, S Wang, D Liu, X Zhao… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2019 - Soc Nuclear Med
N-(2-(diethylamino)-ethyl)-18F-5-fluoropicolinamide (18F-P3BZA) is a radiotracer that
demonstrates high binding selectivity and affinity in melanoma. The aim of the present study …

[HTML][HTML] Application of multimodal and molecular imaging techniques in the detection of choroidal melanomas

X Li, L Wang, L Zhang, F Tang, X Wei - Frontiers in oncology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Choroidal melanomas are the most common ocular malignant tumors worldwide. The onset
of such tumors is insidious, such that affected patients often have no pain or obvious …

Gallium-68-labeled DOTA-rhenium-cyclized α-melanocyte-stimulating hormone analog for imaging of malignant melanoma

L Wei, Y Miao, F Gallazzi, TP Quinn, MJ Welch… - Nuclear medicine and …, 2007 - Elsevier
INTRODUCTION: Diagnosis of malignant melanoma is critical, since a patient's prognosis is
poor. Previous studies have shown that 64Cu-and 86Y-DOTA-ReCCMSH (Arg11) have the …

Imaging techniques in the diagnosis and management of ocular tumors: prospects and challenges

R Neupane, R Gaudana, SHS Boddu - The AAPS Journal, 2018 - Springer
Different types of imaging modalities are used in the diagnosis of ocular cancer. Selection of
an imaging modality is based on the features of a tumor as well as the inherent …

Recent advances in ophthalmic molecular imaging

JER de Carvalho, FD Verbraak, MC Aalders… - survey of …, 2014 - Elsevier
The aim of molecular imaging techniques is the visualization of molecular processes and
functional changes in living animals and human patients before morphological changes …

18F-FDG-PET/CT predicts survival in hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma

H Suzuki, K Kato, Y Fujimoto, Y Itoh… - Annals of nuclear …, 2013 - Springer
Objectives We investigated the relationship between overall survival of patients and
pretreatment [18 F]-2-fluorodeoxyglucose (18 F-FDG) uptake, assessed by positron …