Multimodality Tumor Imaging Targeting Integrin α v β 3
Open Access
- 1 December 2005
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in BioTechniques
- Vol. 39 (sup6), S14-25
- https://doi.org/10.2144/000112091
Abstract
The cell adhesion molecule integrin αvβ3 is an important player in the process of tumor angiogenesis and metastasis. Antibodies, peptides, peptidomimetics, and small molecule antagonists against integrin αvβ3 have been shown to induce endothelial apoptosis, to inhibit tumor angiogenesis, and to increase endothelial permeability. The ability to quantitatively image integrin αvβ3 expression in vivo in a noninvasive manner may shed new light into the mechanism of angiogenesis and antiangiogenic treatment efficacy based on integrin antagonism. Tumor integrin expression imaging will also aid in lesion detection, patient stratification, new anti-integrin drug development/validation, as well as treatment monitoring and optimization. This review summarizes the recent advances in multimodality imaging of tumor integrin αvβ3 expression using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), ultrasound, near-infrared (NIR) fluorescence, single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), and positron emission tomography (PET).Funding Information
- National Cancer Institute (CA102123)
- National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (EB001785)
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