Theranostics

Novel radionuclide imaging methods for molecular profiling of prostate cancer
Molecular imaging may improve treatment of prostate cancer by better staging, personalising management and evaluation of therapy response. Our approach to visualization of prostate cancer is radionuclide targeting of the prostate tumour markers.
Publications
Part of EJNMMI Research, 2025
- DOI for A preclinical study on the influence of linkers in [68Ga]Ga-NOTA-X-RM26 radiotracers for PET imaging of GRPR expression
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Part of Journal of Nuclear Medicine, p. 1105-1111, 2025
Part of EJNMMI Radiopharmacy and Chemistry, 2025
- DOI for Evaluation of maSSS/maSES-PEG2-RM26 for their potential therapeutic use after labeling with Re-188. Could their [99mTc]Tc-labeled counterparts be used to estimate dosimetry?
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Part of EJNMMI Research, 2025
- DOI for First-in-human experience with GRPR antagonist [68Ga]Ga-NOTA-PEG2-RM26 in prostate and breast cancer patients using PET/CT
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Part of ACS Pharmacology & Translational Science, p. 706-717, 2025
- DOI for Impact of Radiometal Chelates on In Vivo Visualization of Immune Checkpoint Protein Using Radiolabeled Affibody Molecules
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Part of EJNMMI Radiopharmacy and Chemistry, 2025
- DOI for Improving GRPR-targeting peptides for radiotheranostics application: insights from chelator modifications and α-methyl-L tryptophan substitution.
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Part of Neuroscience Letters, 2025
- DOI for Insulin-regulated aminopeptidase inhibitor C9 restores cellular activity in methadone-damaged primary cell cultures
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Part of European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2025
- DOI for Linker modifications in radiolabeled RM26-based antagonists to gastrin-releasing peptide receptor (GRPR) improved tracers' pharmacokinetics
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Part of Pharmaceutics, 2025
- DOI for Phase I Clinical Study with the GRPR-Antagonist [99mTc]Tc-DB8 for SPECT Imaging of Prostate Cancer: Does the Injected Peptide Mass Make a Difference?
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Part of ACS Pharmacology & Translational Science, p. 3600-3612, 2025
- DOI for Reduction of negative charge in mercaptoacetyl-based chelators influences the biodistribution of prostate-specific membrane antigen-targeting pseudopeptides labeled with technetium-99m
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Part of EJNMMI Radiopharmacy and Chemistry, 2025
- DOI for RM2 and DB15 analogues bearing [177Lu]Lu-DOTAGA via different linkers, as radiotherapeutics: a head-to-head comparative study
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Part of ACS Pharmacology & Translational Science, p. 736-747, 2025
- DOI for Single-Photon Emission Computer Tomography Imaging of Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen (PSMA) Expression in Prostate Cancer Patients Using a Novel Peptide-Based Probe [99mTc]Tc-BQ0413 with Picomolar Affinity to PSMA: A Phase I/II Clinical Study
- Download full text (pdf) of Single-Photon Emission Computer Tomography Imaging of Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen (PSMA) Expression in Prostate Cancer Patients Using a Novel Peptide-Based Probe [99mTc]Tc-BQ0413 with Picomolar Affinity to PSMA: A Phase I/II Clinical Study
Part of Biomedical Materials & Devices, 2025
Part of EJNMMI Radiopharmacy and Chemistry, 2025
- DOI for Synthesis and preclinical evaluation of gastrin releasing peptide receptor antagonist [18F]MeTz-PEG2-RM26 for positron emission tomography
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Part of IBRO Neuroscience Reports, p. 854-861, 2025
- DOI for The effects of insulin-regulated aminopeptidase inhibition with HA08 on recognition memory acquisition and spatial working memory under reversed circadian conditions in male rats
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Part of Pharmaceutics, 2025
- DOI for The Impact of the Injected Mass of the Gastrin-Releasing Peptide Receptor Antagonist on Uptake in Breast Cancer: Lessons from a Phase I Trial of [99mTc]Tc-DB8
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Part of ACS Pharmacology & Translational Science, p. 3228-3240, 2024
- DOI for Affibody-Drug Conjugates Targeting the Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor-3 Demonstrate Therapeutic Efficacy in Mice Bearing Low Expressing Xenografts
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Boron Nanoparticle-Enhanced Proton Therapy: Molecular Mechanisms of Tumor Cell Sensitization
Part of Molecules, 2024
- DOI for Boron Nanoparticle-Enhanced Proton Therapy: Molecular Mechanisms of Tumor Cell Sensitization
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Part of Molecular Pharmaceutics, p. 1919-1932, 2024
Part of EJNMMI Radiopharmacy and Chemistry, 2024
- DOI for Comparison of approaches for increasing affinity of affibody molecules for imaging of B7-H3: dimerization and affinity maturation
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2024
Part of European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, p. 4038-4048, 2024
- DOI for Evaluation of a novel 177Lu-labelled therapeutic Affibody molecule with a deimmunized ABD domain and improved biodistribution profile
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Evaluation of ABD-Linked RM26 Conjugates for GRPR-Targeted Drug Delivery
Part of ACS Omega, p. 36122-36133, 2024
- DOI for Evaluation of ABD-Linked RM26 Conjugates for GRPR-Targeted Drug Delivery
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Part of Pharmaceutics, 2024
- DOI for GRPR-Antagonists Carrying DOTAGA-Chelator via Positively Charged Linkers: Perspectives for Prostate Cancer Theranostics
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Part of Journal of Controlled Release, p. 468-478, 2024
- DOI for Half-life extension via ABD-fusion leads to higher tumor uptake of an affibody-drug conjugate compared to PAS- and XTENylation.
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Part of International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2024
- DOI for Influence of Molecular Design on the Tumor Targeting and Biodistribution of PSMA-Binding Tracers Labeled with Technetium-99m
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Part of Advanced Science, 2024
- DOI for Laser-Synthesized Germanium Nanoparticles as Biodegradable Material for Near-Infrared Photoacoustic Imaging and Cancer Phototherapy
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Part of Nanoscale, p. 17893-17907, 2024
- DOI for Laser-synthesized plasmonic HfN-based nanoparticles as a novel multifunctional agent for photothermal therapy
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Modification of contact lenses via metal-organic frameworks for glaucoma treatment
Part of Aggregate, 2024
- DOI for Modification of contact lenses via metal-organic frameworks for glaucoma treatment
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MPS blockade with liposomes controls pharmacokinetics of nanoparticles in a size-dependent manner
Part of Biomedical Materials, 2024
- DOI for MPS blockade with liposomes controls pharmacokinetics of nanoparticles in a size-dependent manner
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Part of Cancers, 2024
- DOI for Phase I Clinical Evaluation of Designed Ankyrin Repeat Protein [99mTc]Tc(CO)3-(HE)3-Ec1 for Visualization of EpCAM-Expressing Lung Cancer
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Preclinical Evaluation of HER2-Targeting DARPin G3: Impact of Albumin-Binding Domain (ABD) Fusion
Part of International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2024
- DOI for Preclinical Evaluation of HER2-Targeting DARPin G3: Impact of Albumin-Binding Domain (ABD) Fusion
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Part of EJNMMI Radiopharmacy and Chemistry, 2024
- DOI for Preclinical evaluation of new GRPR-antagonists with improved metabolic stability for radiotheranostic use in oncology
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Rediscovery of mononuclear phagocyte system blockade for nanoparticle drug delivery
Part of Perspectives, 2024
- DOI for Rediscovery of mononuclear phagocyte system blockade for nanoparticle drug delivery
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Part of ACS Pharmacology & Translational Science, p. 1595-1611, 2024
- DOI for Shorter Peptide Nucleic Acid Probes Improve Affibody-Mediated Peptide Nucleic Acid-Based Pretargeting
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Part of ACS Pharmacology & Translational Science, p. 1457-1473, 2024
Part of ACS Omega, p. 18608-18616, 2024
- DOI for Two Novel [68Ga]Ga-Labeled Radiotracers Based on Metabolically Stable [Sar11]RM26 Antagonistic Peptide for Diagnostic Positron Emission Tomography Imaging of GRPR-Positive Prostate Cancer
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Part of Frontiers in Oncology, 2023
- DOI for 177Lu-labeled PSMA targeting therapeutic with optimized linker for treatment of disseminated prostate cancer; evaluation of biodistribution and dosimetry
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Part of American Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, p. 107-+, 2023
Comparison of HER2-targeted affibody conjugates loaded with auristatin-and maytansine-derived drugs
Part of Journal of Controlled Release, p. 515-527, 2023
Part of Journal of Controlled Release, p. 185-195, 2023
Development of a PNA-drug conjugate for pretargeted delivery of cytotoxic drugs
2023
Part of International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023
- DOI for Feasibility of Co-Targeting HER3 and EpCAM Using Seribantumab and DARPin-Toxin Fusion in a Pancreatic Cancer Xenograft Model
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Part of Cancers, 2023
- DOI for Phase I Trial of [Tc-99m]Tc-maSSS-PEG(2)-RM26, a Bombesin Analogue Antagonistic to Gastrin-Releasing Peptide Receptors (GRPRs), for SPECT Imaging of GRPR Expression in Malignant Tumors
- Download full text (pdf) of Phase I Trial of [Tc-99m]Tc-maSSS-PEG(2)-RM26, a Bombesin Analogue Antagonistic to Gastrin-Releasing Peptide Receptors (GRPRs), for SPECT Imaging of GRPR Expression in Malignant Tumors
Part of Cancers, 2023
- DOI for Preclinical Characterisation of PSMA/GRPR-Targeting Heterodimer [Ga-68]Ga-BQ7812 for PET Diagnostic Imaging of Prostate Cancer: A Step towards Clinical Translation
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Part of International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023
- DOI for Preclinical Evaluation of a Novel High-Affinity Radioligand [99mTc]Tc-BQ0413 Targeting Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen (PSMA)
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Preclinical evaluation of novel therapeutical GRPR-targeting antagonists labeled with 111In
2023
Part of Cancers, 2023
- DOI for Radionuclide Therapy of HER2-Expressing Xenografts Using [Lu-177]Lu-ABY-027 Affibody Molecule Alone and in Combination with Trastuzumab
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Part of International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023
- DOI for Synthesis, I-123-Radiolabeling Optimization, and Initial Preclinical Evaluation of Novel Urea-Based PSMA Inhibitors with a Tributylstannyl Prosthetic Group in Their Structures
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Part of Diagnostics, 2023
- DOI for The GRPR Antagonist [99mTc]Tc-maSSS-PEG2-RM26 towards Phase I Clinical Trial: Kit Preparation, Characterization and Toxicity
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Theranostics
Molecular imaging of prostate cancer
Development of radioactive tracers for prostate cancer.

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- Olaniran Håkansson, Esther; Zelepukin, Ivan V.; Obeid, Karim et al., 2025
- Oroujeni, Maryam; Westerlund, Kristina; Papalanis, Eleftherios et al., 2025
- Kanellopoulos, Panagiotis; Yu, Quanyi; Abouzayed, Abouzayed et al., 2025
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