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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jan 23.
Published in final edited form as: Chem Rev. 2018 Oct 16;119(2):957–1057. doi: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.8b00363

Table 12:

Summary of activatable CEST agents.

Responsive MRI probe Stimulus Ref.
Dihydrouracil pH 8
Poly-L-lysine pH 591
Iopamidol pH 449
Iopromide pH 592
Iobitridol pH 590
L-arginine filled liposomes pH 593
Amine-based block copolymers pH 594
Imidazoles pH 595
Yb-DOTAM-Gly pH 600
Yb-DOTAM-poly(propylene imine) dendrimers pH 604
Tm-DOTAM-Gly-Lys pH 605
Eu-DOTAM-Gly-phenol pH 606, 609
Yb-DO3A-oAA pH 603
Yb-HPDO3A pH 610
Pyridine-Ln-DOTP-tButyl (ParaSHIFT) pH 613
Fe(II)-2-amino-6-picolyl-cyclen pH 612
DEVD-Tm-DOTA caspase-3 655
Cbz-GGR-Tm-DOTA urokinase plasminogen activator 657
Yb-DOTA-β-galactose β-galactosidase 659
Yb-DO3A-oAA-TML-ester esterase 661
Yb-DO3A-oAA-TML-Q DT-diaphorase 661
TM-DO3A-cadaverine transglutaminase 662
Cytosine cytosine deaminase 663
F5C cytosine deaminase 663
(LRRASLG)8 Protein Kinase A 664
(Phe-Arg)-4-amino-2-hydroxybenzoic acid Cathepsin B 665
Salicylic acid derivatives sulfatase or alkaline phosphatase 666667
Salicylic acid derivatives Simultaneous detection: esterase and sulfatase 666668
Yb-DO3A-oAA NO 691
Eu-DOTAM-N-methylqunolinium NADH 692
Eu-DOTAM-anthryl 1O2 201
Eu-DOTAM-nitroxide hypoxia 184
Gd(III) modified liposomes reducing environment 695
Eu(2.2.2)-liposomes oxidation 405
Triazamacrocyclic cobalt complex oxidation/reduction 693
Eu-DOTAM-BPEN Zn(II) 703
Yb-DOTA-tetraamide-iminodiacetate Ca(II)/Mg(II) 711
polymeric Eu-DOTAM derivative DNA 737
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