A luminescent probe containing a tuftsin targeting vector coupled to a terbium complex

Rebecca J. Aarons; Jatinder K. Notta; Marco M. Meloni; Jianghua Feng; Rishma Vidyasagar; Johanna Narvainen; Stuart Allan; Neil Spencer; Risto A. Kauppinen; John S. Snaith; Stephen Faulkner

doi:10.1039/B515160K

A luminescent probe containing a tuftsin targeting vector coupled to a terbium complex

Rebecca J. Aarons,^a Jatinder K. Notta,^b Marco M. Meloni,^a Jianghua Feng,^c Rishma Vidyasagar,^c Johanna Narvainen,^c Stuart Allan,^c Neil Spencer,^b Risto A. Kauppinen,^d John S. Snaith*^b and Stephen Faulkner*^a

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^a School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, UK
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^b School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK
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^c Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, UK

^d School of Sport and Exercise Science, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK

Abstract

Orthogonal protection strategies have been used to prepare a series of luminescent and MRI active lanthanide complexes containing a tuftsin targeting vector that are internalised by macrophage cells.

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A luminescent probe containing a tuftsin targeting vector coupled to a terbium complex

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