Anu Airaksinen - UTU Research Portal

Anu Airaksinen

- Professor,
Turku PET Centre (Independent units)

Turku PET Centre

anu.airaksinen@utu.fi

+358 29 450 2199

+358 50 470 7622

ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5943-3105

Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry Research Group

Areas of expertise

radiopharmaceutical chemistry; PET radiochemistry; image guided drug delivery; pretargeted PET imaging; theranostics; nanotheranostics

Publications

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Development of an In Vitro Assay for Evaluation of Intracellular SPAAC Reactions Using Hoechst-DBCO (2026)
- Chemical & Biomedical Imaging
Kovacs, Luciana; Savela, Risto; Matovic, Jelena; Auchynnikava, Tatsiana; Ekholm, Filip S.; Airaksinen, Anu J.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Exclusively chemoselective S-acylation for peptide radiolabeling using [18F]fluoronicotinic acid 4-nitrophenyl ester as a prosthetic compound (2026)
- ACS Omega
Nwaenie, Nelson; Karskela, Tuomas; Dillemuth, Pyry; Rajander, Johan; Laakkonen, Pirjo; Airaksinen, Anu J.; Li, Xiang-Guo
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Fluorine-18 Radiolabeled Single-Chain Antibody Variable Fragment 1F4 Targets α1-Subunit Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid Type A Receptors in Mice (2026)
- Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
García de Lucas, Ángel; Samani, Negar A.; Moisio, Olli; Kovacs, Luciana; Savela, Risto; Soini, Sanna L.; Oksanen, Sami; Helin, Jatta S.; Rajander, Johan; Airaksinen, Anu J.; Lamminmäki, Urpo; López-Picón, Francisco
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Biological evaluation of a glucose‐based boron carrier as a potential agent for boron neutron capture therapy (2025)
- International Journal of Cancer
Imlimthan, Surachet; Bahrami, Katayun; Pehkonen, Henna; Centanni, Alessia; Montaser, Ahmed B.; Vara, Arina; Matovic, Jelena; Liljenback, Heidi; Auchynnikava, Tatsiana; Huttunen, Kristiina M.; Roivainen, Anne; Airaksinen, Anu J.; Ekholm, Filip S.; Monni, Outi; Rautio, Jarkko; Sarparanta, Mirkka
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Biological Evaluation of Molecular Spherical Nucleic Acids: Targeting Tumors via a Hybridization-Based Folate Decoration (2025)
- ACS Omega
Auchynnikava, Tatsiana; Äärelä, Antti; Moisio, Olli; Liljenbäck, Heidi; Andriana, Putri; Iqbal, Imran; Laine, Toni; Palani, Senthil; Lehtimäki, Jyrki; Rajander, Johan; Salo, Harri; Airaksinen, Anu J.; Virta, Pasi; Roivainen, Anne
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Longitudinal monitoring of nanofibrillar cellulose hydrogel medical implants in mice using positron emission tomography (2025)
- European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Zhuang, Xiaoqing; Virta, Jenni; Liljenbäck, Heidi; Paasonen, Lauri; Airaksinen, Anu J.; Roivainen, Anne; Li, Xiang-Guo
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Rapid cleavage of 6-[18F]fluoronicotinic acid prosthetic group governs BT12 glioblastoma xenograft uptake: implications for radiolabeling design of biomolecules (2025)
- EJNMMI Radiopharmacy and Chemistry
Dillemuth, Pyry; Ayo, Abiodun; Zhuang, Xiaoqing; Lövdahl, Petter; Liljenbäck, Heidi; Kärnä, Salli; Auchynnikava, Tatsiana; Kunnas, Jonne; Ponkamo, Jesse; Miner, Maxwell W. G.; Rajander, Johan; Rosenholm, Jessica M.; Roivainen, Anne; Airaksinen, Anu J.; Laakkonen, Pirjo; Li, Xiang-Guo
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Switching the Chemoselectivity in the Preparation of [18F]FNA-N-CooP, a Free Thiol-Containing Peptide for Targeted Positron Emission Tomography Imaging of Fatty Acid Binding Protein 3 (2024)
- Molecular Pharmaceutics
Dillemuth, Pyry; Lövdahl, Petter; Karskela, Tuomas; Ayo, Abiodun; Ponkamo, Jesse; Liljenbäck, Heidi; Paunonen, Sami; Kunnas, Jonne; Rajander, Johan; Tynninen, Olli; Rosenholm, Jessica M.; Roivainen, Anne; Laakkonen, Pirjo; Airaksinen, Anu J.; Li, Xiang-Guo
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Biological evaluation of integrin α3β1-targeted 68Ga-labeled HEVNPs in HCT 116 colorectal tumor-bearing mice (2023)
- European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Lambidis Elisavet, Chen Chun-Chieh, Lumen Dave, Sánchez Ana Isabel Fraguas, Sarparanta Mirkka, Cheng R Holland, Airaksinen Anu J
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
In Vivo Imaging of [60]Fullerene-Based Molecular Spherical Nucleic Acids by Positron Emission Tomography (2023)
- Molecular Pharmaceutics
Äärelä Antti, Auchynnikava Tatsiana, Moisio Olli, Liljenbäck Heidi, Andriana Putri, Iqbal Imran, Lehtimäki Jyrki, Rajander Johan, Salo Harri, Roivainen Anne, Airaksinen Anu J., Virta Pasi
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)