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Beta-galactosidase-responsive synthetic biomarker for targeted tumor detection
Tatsuya Nishihara1, Satoshi Kuno, Hiroshi Nonaka
1Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University, 246-2 Mizukami, Kakuganji, Tsuruoka, Yamagata 997-0052, Japan. nishi-t@ttck.keio.ac.jp soga@sfc.keio.ac.jp.
Abstract:
Tumor biomarkers are highly desirable for the screening of patients with a risk of tumor development and progression. Here, we report a beta-galactosidase (β-gal)-responsive acetaminophen (β-GR-APAP) as a synthetic plasma biomarker for targeted tumor detection. Tumor β-gal labeling via the recognition of tumor-related antigen enabled the detection of a tumor using β-GR-APAP.
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