Glucose-holmium for radiotherapy: Characterization and in vitro assays.
Journal:
Applied radiation and isotopes : including data, instrumentation and methods for use in agriculture, industry and medicine
PMID:
30639637
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The existence of saccharide-holmium complexes, containing mono or polysaccharide molecules, is an attractive hypothesis toward a radiation therapy (RT) with beta-emitters targeting high glucose metabolic human sites. To exam such hypothesis, the aim of this study was to investigate the possible chemical interactions of Ho and glucose molecules and if glucose may be a facilitator to holmium cell internalization based on in vitro uptake assays and mass spectrometry analyses.