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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a contrast agent for diagnostic imaging which exhibits improved blood retention. SOLUTION: The contrast agent for diagnostic imaging comprises (a) an image enhancing moiety (IEM), (b) a plasma protein binding moiety (PPBM), and (c) a blood half-life extending moiety (BHEM) and demonstrates at least about 10% binding to plasma protein and demonstrates, in a rat plasma pharmacokinetic experiment, an area under the plasma concentration versus time curve from 0 to 10 minutes which is at least about 20% greater than that observed for the combination of the IEM and PPBM alone without the BHEM. This agent may be targeted to the blood pool or any other biological component. Since this agent is lost less rapidly from the bloodstream, lower doses can be used at a higher margin of safety. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a peptide aggregate which, when compared with a single monomeric assembling peptide which makes an aggregate by assembling, can have a plurality of paramagnetic metal cores, exhibits an increased size, an increased solubility, and a higher MR relaxivity, and is capable of being quickly eliminated from the patient to be examined because of its in vivo enzymatic degradability of the peptide portion of the molecule. SOLUTION: The peptide aggregate is a peptide aggregate containing two or more assembling peptides, wherein at least one of the assembling peptides contains a metal-binding moiety. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To regulate pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of a polypeptide (e.g. insulin) for treatment by binding a compound usable for increasing half-life of the polypeptide in vivo to a blood serum albumin and extending half-life of the polypeptide. SOLUTION: A conjugated polypeptide has general formula I (wherein R 2a , R 2b and R 3 each independently comprises straight chain 0-12 atoms; X is one atom or ≥5 atoms and ≥5 atoms form a ring structure or a heterocyclic ring structure; W is a linker; Z is independently NH, O, S, S(O), CH 2 , NH-CO, SO 2 , CH-R, C(R) 2 , CC, CH=CH or CH=N; R is an alkyl or an aryl) and the conjugated polypeptide is specifically bound to the albumin. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system and a method for a targeting magnetic resonance imaging of vascular system which are cost-effective and safe and identify the presence, position, and size of a CVD (celebrovascular disease) target in a vascular system correctly by using a simple method. SOLUTION: A method to decide presence or absence of a static target in the vascular system of a mammal comprises (a) a process to administer a targeting MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) contrast agent to this mammal, (b) a process to acquire a first MRI data set including an image of this vascular system, and (c) a process to acquire a second MRI data set. This targeting MRI contrast agent has a specific affinity for this static target, and furthermore, this targeting MRI contrast agent can provide contrast enhancement of the vascular system of this static target and this mammal. This second MRI data set comprises a process to be acquired in suitable hours in order to provide contrast enhancement of this static target at an observable level for the reinforcement of blood and tissue of a background when this static target is present. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a diagnostic imaging method for noninvasively and correctly monitoring the state of a specific tissue or tissue component. SOLUTION: The method for contrast-enhanced diagnostic imaging of the specific tissue or tissue component being subjected or having been subjected to an interventional therapy comprises (a) a step for prescribing for a patient a contrast agent capable of binding to a targeted tissue or tissue component and exhibiting a special affinity to the tissue or tissue component, the contrast agent comprising an image-enhancing moiety (IEM) and a state-depending tissue binding moiety (SDTBM); (b) a step for subjecting the patient to one of MRI imaging, ultraviolet imaging, visible light imaging and infrared imaging; and (c) a step for monitoring the characteristic imaged signal of the contrast agent to decide whether the interventional therapy is completed or not. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a safety and simle method for a targeting magnetic resonance imaging of vascular system which is sufficient in cost-effective and identifies the presence, position and size of a CVD (celebrovascular disease) target in a vascular system correctly by using a simple method. SOLUTION: The method to determine presence or absence of a static target in a vascular system of a mammal comprises: (a) a process to administer a targeting MRI contrast agent to the mammal; (b) a process to acquire a first MRI data set including an image of the vascular system; and (c) a process to acquire a second MRI data set. The second MRI data set includes a process to acquire the second MRI data set in suitable hours for providing contrast enhancement of the static target at an observable level for the reinforcement of blood and tissue of a background when the static target is present. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a contrast agent which can transfer an imaging portion having a sufficient concentration to a target to improve the sensitivity of the imaging process, and to obtain a contrast agent having a sufficient half-life in vivo. SOLUTION: A peptide and a peptide targeted multimeric contrast agent for MR (magnetic resonance) imaging, optical imaging and radionuclide imaging are provided. Herein, the single peptide can function as targeting groups and one or more chelating agent-bonding points at both the N-terminal and the C-terminal directly or via an arbitrary intervening linker. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI