Bioimaging of multiple piRNAs in a single breast cancer cell using molecular beacons

Medchemcomm. 2017 Oct 25;8(12):2228-2232. doi: 10.1039/c7md00515f. eCollection 2017 Dec 1.

Yong Keun Park¹, Woon Yong Jung², Min Geun Park¹, Sung Kyu Song¹, Yong Seung Lee^{3

4}, Hyejung Heo^{3

4}, Soonhag Kim^{3

4}

¹ Department of Surgery , Catholic Kwandong University International St. Mary's Hospital , Incheon Metropolitan City , 404-834 , Republic of Korea.
² Department of Pathology , Catholic Kwandong University International St. Mary's Hospital , Incheon Metropolitan City , 404-834 , Republic of Korea.
³ Institute for Bio-Medical Convergence , College of Medicine , Catholic Kwandong University , Gangneung-si , Gangwon-do 270-701 , Republic of Korea . Email: kimsoonhag@empal.com ; Tel: +82 32 290 2771.
⁴ Catholic Kwandong University International St. Mary's Hospital , Incheon Metropolitan City , 404-834 , Republic of Korea.

Abstract

Simultaneous bioimaging of piR-36026 and piR-36743 using molecular beacons successfully visualized 4 different subtypes of breast cancer.