Publications by Hugues Jaccard

Dynamic aggregation of the mid-sized gadolinium complex {Ph-4[Gd(DTTA)(H2O)(2)](-)(3)}

Lothar Helm, Hugues Jaccard, Pascal Miéville

A compound binding three Gd3+ ions, {Ph-4Gd(DTTA)(H2O)(2) (3)} (where H(5)DTTA is diethylenetriaminetetraacetic acid), has been synthesized around a hydrophobic center made up of four phenyl rings. In aqueous solution the molecules start to self-aggre ...

Springer2014

Development and Understanding of Novel Compounds Designed as Potential MRI Contrast Agents

Hugues Jaccard

The two last decades have witnessed the appearance and the successful development of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agents (CAs). Though MRI, which has become an essential medical diagnostic tool, can be performed without contrast agents, its ra ...

EPFL2011

Synthesis, complexation and NMR relaxation properties of Gd3+ complexes of Mes(DO3A)3

Lothar Helm, Hugues Jaccard, Pascal Miéville

Medium sized molecules endowed with multiple Gd3+ complexes are efficient high magnetic field MRI contrast agents. The novel ligand Mes(DO3A)3, presenting three DO3A (1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane-N,N′,N′′-triacetatic acid) units grafted on the methyl pos ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2011

Novel DOTA-based prochelator for divalent peptide vectorization: synthesis of dimeric bombesin analogues for multimodality tumor imaging and therapy

Lothar Helm, Hugues Jaccard

Dimeric peptidic vectors, obtained by the divalent grafting of bombesin analogues on a newly synthesized DOTA-based prochelator, showed improved qualities as tumor targeted imaging probes in comparison to their monomeric analogues. ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2008

Engineering substrate specificity of O6-alkylguanine-DNA alkyltransferase for specific protein labeling in living cells

Kai Johnsson, Christian Heinis, Béatrice Kunz, Alexandre Juillerat, India Christina Sielaff, Hugues Jaccard

Fusion proteins of human O6-alkylguanine-DNA alkyltransferase (AGT) can be specifically labeled with a wide variety of synthetic probes in mammalian cells; this makes them an attractive tool for studying protein function. However, to avoid undesired labeli ...

2005