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

Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry Research Group

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

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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.
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
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
NMB innovators Series Professor Olof Solin : Bridging the gap between the targetry and clinical diagnostics (2026)
- Nuclear Medicine and Biology
Kirjavainen, Anna K.; Forsback, Sarita; Airaksinen, Anu J.
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
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
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
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
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
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