[HTML][HTML] Targeting folate receptor alpha for cancer treatment

A Cheung, HJ Bax, DH Josephs, KM Ilieva… - Oncotarget, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Promising targeted treatments and immunotherapy strategies in oncology and advancements
in our understanding of molecular pathways that underpin cancer development have …

Exploiting the folate receptor α in oncology

M Scaranti, E Cojocaru, S Banerjee… - Nature reviews clinical …, 2020 - nature.com
Folate receptor α (FRα) … folate metabolism, such as methotrexate and pemetrexed. Binding
to FRα is one of several methods by which folate is taken up by cells; however, this receptor is …

Folate receptor alpha as a tumor target in epithelial ovarian cancer

KR Kalli, AL Oberg, GL Keeney, TJH Christianson… - Gynecologic …, 2008 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES.: Folate receptor α (FRα) is a folate-binding protein overexpressed on ovarian
and several other epithelial malignancies that can be used as a target for imaging and …

A review of folate receptor alpha cycling and 5-methyltetrahydrofolate accumulation with an emphasis on cell models in vitro

BA Kamen, AK Smith - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2004 - Elsevier
Folate receptor alpha (FRα), a glycosyl phosphatidylinositol linked protein with a great
affinity for folic acid and some reduced folates such as 5-methyltetrahydrofolate and …

[HTML][HTML] Folate receptor alpha expression in lung cancer: diagnostic and prognostic significance

DJ O'Shannessy, G Yu, R Smale, YS Fu, S Singhal… - Oncotarget, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… The association between folate receptor alpha expression … Folate receptor alpha expression
was shown to have a high … were positive for folate receptor alpha expression, our results …

Nuclear localization of folate receptor alpha: a new role as a transcription factor

V Boshnjaku, KW Shim, T Tsurubuchi, S Ichi… - Scientific reports, 2012 - nature.com
… In this work we examined the hypothesis that folate receptor alpha (FRα) acts as a …
Until this time FRα has only been considered as a folate transporter, these studies describe …

Folate and folate receptor alpha antagonists mechanism of action in ovarian cancer

CL Walters, RC Arend, DK Armstrong… - Gynecologic …, 2013 - Elsevier
… antifolate and folate receptor agents being developed for ovarian cancer including thymidylate
synthase inhibitors, antifolate receptor antibodies, and folate-chemotherapy conjugates. …

Functional folate receptor alpha is elevated in the blood of ovarian cancer patients

E Basal, GZ Eghbali-Fatourechi, KR Kalli… - PloS one, 2009 - journals.plos.org
… The folate receptor alpha (FRα) is one logical choice for a biomarker because of its prevalent
overexpression in ovarian cancer and its exclusive expression in only a few normal tissues. …

[HTML][HTML] Characterization of the human folate receptor alpha via novel antibody-based probes

DJ O'Shannessy, EB Somers, E Albone, X Cheng… - Oncotarget, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… identities but mediate unidirectional transport of folates into cells. Four isoforms of this receptor
family have been identified and are designated as folate receptor alpha (FRA), beta (FRB)…

A current review of folate receptor alpha as a potential tumor target in non-small-cell lung cancer

H Shi, J Guo, C Li, Z Wang - Drug design, development and …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Folate receptor alpha (FRA) is overexpressed in the majority of NSCLC, particularly in
lung adenocarcinomas. FRA is largely absent from normal tissue, making it an attractive …