Rapid Cancer Fluorescence Imaging Using A γ-Glutamyltranspeptidase-Specific Probe For Primary Lung Cancer

BACKGROUND: We set out to examine the activity of γ-glutamyltranspeptidase (GGT) in lung cancer and the validity of γ-glutamyl hydroxymethyl rhodamine green (gGlu-HMRG) for intraoperative imaging of primary lung cancer. METHODS: GGT activities and mRNA expression levels of GGT1 (one of the GGT subty...

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Main Authors: Haruaki Hino, Mako Kamiya, Kentaro Kitano, Kazue Mizuno, Sayaka Tanaka, Nobuhiro Nishiyama, Kazunori Kataoka, Yasuteru Urano, Jun Nakajima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-06-01
Series:Translational Oncology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1936523316300080