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US 2014/0271468 A1Published application
Asthma imaging
AssigneePurdue Research Foundation
InventorsPhilip S. Low, Jiayin Shen
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Abstract
The invention relates to methods of imaging asthma using ligand conjugates. More particularly, the invention relates to the use of ligands that bind to cells associated with asthma conjugated to a chromophore, or to a chemical moiety capable of emitting radiation, for administration to a diseased host for imaging asthma.
Claims20
A method of imaging asthma, said method comprising the steps of:
- administering to a patient afflicted with asthma an effective amount of a composition comprising a conjugate of the general formula
- L-X
- wherein the group L comprises a ligand, wherein the ligand is a folate, and wherein the group X comprises a chromophore capable of emitting light;
- and
- imaging the asthma.
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A method of imaging asthma, said method comprising the steps of:
- administering to a patient afflicted with asthma an effective amount of a composition comprising a conjugate of the general formula
- L-X
- wherein the group L comprises a ligand, wherein the ligand is a folate, and wherein the group X comprises a chemical moiety that emits radiation;
- and
- imaging the asthma.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.