Geneseen Technology Publications   Zhang, K., Aruva, M. R., Shanthly, N., Cardi, C. A., Rattan, S., Patel, C., Kim, C., McCue, P. A., Wickstrom, E., and Thakur, M. L. (2008) PET imaging of VPAC1 expression in experimental and spontaneous prostate cancer. Journal of Nuclear Medicine 49(1):112-121. (Pubmed) Tian, X., Aruva, M. R., Zhang, K., Cardi, C. A., Thakur, M. L., and Wickstrom, E. (2007) PET imaging of CCND1 mRNA in human MCF7 estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer xenografts with an oncogene-specific [64Cu]DO3A-PNA-IGF1 analog radiohybridization probe. Journal of Nuclear Medicine 48(10):1699-1707. (Pubmed) Zhang, K., Aruva, M.R., Shanthly, N., Cardi, C.A., Patel, C.A., Rattan, S., Cesarone, G., Wickstrom, E., and Thakur, M.L. (2007) Vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) and pituitary adenylate cyclase activating peptide (PACAP) receptor specific peptide analogues for PET imaging of breast cancer: In vitro/in vivo evaluation. Regulatory Peptides 144(1-3):91-100. (Pubmed) Chakrabarti, A., Zhang, K., Aruva, M.R., Cardi, C.A., Opitz, A.W., Wagner, N.J., Thakur, M.L., and Wickstrom, E. (2007) KRAS mRNA expression in human pancreatic cancer xenografts imaged externally with [64Cu]DO3A-peptide nucleic acid-peptide chimeras. Cancer Biology & Therapy 6(6):948-956. (Pubmed) Tian, X., Chakrabarti, A., Amirkhanov, N., Aruva, M. R., Zhang, K., Cardi, C. A., Lai, S., Thakur, M. L., and Wickstrom, E. (2007) Receptor-mediated internalization of chelator-PNA-peptide hybridization probes for radioimaging and magnetic resonance imaging of oncogene mRNAs in tumours. Biochemical Society Transactions, 35(Feb):72-76. (Pubmed) Wickstrom, E., Thakur, M. L., and Sauter, E. R. (2006) Radiolabeled peptide nucleic acid oncogene probes conjugated to receptor-specific peptide analogs. In Janson, C. G., and During, M. J., eds., Peptide Nucleic Acids, Morpholinos, and Related Antisense Biomolecules, Molecular Biology Intelligence Unit, Landes Bioscience/Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York, Chap. 5, 59-86. (Abstract) Wickstrom, E., and Thakur, M. L. (2006) Imaging cancer gene activity in patients from outside the body. Biotechnology Healthcare 2:45-48. (Abstract) Tian, X., Chakrabarti, A., Amirkhanov, N., Aruva, M., Zhang, K., Mathew, B., Cardi, C., Qin, W., Sauter, E. R., Thakur, M. L., and Wickstrom, E. (2005) External imaging of CCND1, MYC and KRAS oncogene mRNAs with tumor-targeted radionuclide-PNA-peptide chimeras. In El-Deiry, W., ed., Tumor Progression and Therapeutic Resistance, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1059:106-144. (Pubmed) Tian, X., Aruva, M. R., Wolfe, H. R., Qin, W., Sauter, E. R., Thakur, M. L., Waldman, S. A., and Wickstrom, E. (2005) Tumor-targeting peptide-PNA-peptide chimeras for imaging overexpressed oncogene mRNAs Nucleosides, Nucleotides, and Nucleic Acids 24:1085-1091. (Pubmed) Amirkhanov, N. V. and Wickstrom, E. (2005) Synthesis of novel polydiamidopropanoate dendrimer PNA-peptide chimeras for non-invasive magnetic resonance imaging of cancer. Nucleosides, Nucleotides, and Nucleic Acids 24:423-426. (Pubmed) Chakrabarti, A., Aruva, M. R., Sajankila, S. P., Thakur, M. L., and Wickstrom, E. (2005) Synthesis of novel PNA-peptide chimera for non-invasive imaging of cancer. Nucleosides, Nucleotides, and Nucleic Acids 24:409-414. (Pubmed) Tian, X., Aruva, M. R., Qin, W., Zhu, W., Sauter, E. R., Thakur, M. L., and Wickstrom, E. (2005) Noninvasive molecular imaging of MYC mRNA expression in human breast cancer xenografts with a [99mTc]peptide-PNA-peptide chimera. Bioconjugate Chemistry 16(1):70-79. (Pubmed) Tian, X., Aruva, M. R., Qin, W., Zhu, W., Duffy, K. T., Sauter, E. R., Thakur, M. L., and Wickstrom, E. (2004) External imaging of CCND1 cancer gene activity in experimental human breast cancer xenografts with [99mTc]peptide-PNA-peptide chimeras. Journal of Nuclear Medicine 45(12):2070-2082. (Pubmed) Thakur, M. L., Aruva, M. R., Gariepy, J., Acton, P., Rattan, S., Wickstrom, E., and Alavi, A. (2004) PET imaging of oncogene overexpression using 64Cu-labeled peptide. Journal of Nuclear Medicine 45:1381-1389. (Abstract) Wickstrom, E., Tian, X., Amirkhanov, N., Chakrabarti, A., Aruva, M., Rao, P. S., Thakur, M. L., Qin, W., Zhu, W., and Sauter, E. R. (2004) Radionuclide-peptide nucleic acid diagnosis and treatment of pancreatic cancer. In Phillips, M. I., ed., Methods in Molecular Medicine 106: Antisense Therapeutics, 2nd ed. Humana Press, Totowa NJ, Chap. 8, 135-192. (Abstract)