[HTML][HTML] Cysteine cathepsins: A long and winding road towards clinics

M Biasizzo, U Javoršek, E Vidak, M Zarić… - Molecular Aspects of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Biomedical research often focuses on properties that differentiate between diseased and
healthy tissue; one of the current focuses is elevated expression and altered localisation of …

Preclinical development in radiopharmaceutical therapy for prostate cancer

S Alati, R Singh, MG Pomper, SP Rowe… - Seminars in Nuclear …, 2023 - Elsevier
Prostate cancer is a leading cause of cancer death in men worldwide. Among the various
treatment options, radiopharmaceutical therapy has shown notable success in metastatic …

Radiolabeled bombesin analogs

R Mansi, BA Nock, SU Dalm, MB Busstra… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Recent medical advancements have strived for a personalized medicine
approach to patients, aimed at optimizing therapy outcomes with minimum toxicity. In this …

Radiopharmaceuticals targeting gastrin-releasing peptide receptor for diagnosis and therapy of prostate cancer

Y Zou, M Huang, M Hu, H Wang, W Chen… - Molecular …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The high incidence and heavy disease burden of prostate cancer (PC) require accurate and
comprehensive assessment for appropriate disease management. Prostate-specific …

[99mTc]Tc-DB15 in GRPR-Targeted Tumor Imaging with SPECT: From Preclinical Evaluation to the First Clinical Outcomes

BA Nock, A Kaloudi, P Kanellopoulos, B Janota… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Radiolabeled gastrin-releasing peptide receptor (GRPR)-antagonists have
been proposed for diagnostic imaging and radionuclide therapy—theranostics—of human …

Examination of charge modifications of an endolysosomal trapping inhibitor in an antagonistic NTSR1-targeted construct for colon cancer

W Fan, W Zhang, S Allen, S Alshehri… - Bioconjugate …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Many low-molecular weight targeted radiotherapeutics (TRTs) are capable of rapidly
achieving exceptional tumor to non-target ratios shortly after administration. However, the …

Examination of the impact molecular charge has on NTSR1-targeted agents incorporated with cysteine protease inhibitors

W Fan, W Zhang, S Alshehri, JC Garrison - European journal of medicinal …, 2022 - Elsevier
Our laboratory has previously reported a strategy of employing cysteine cathepsin (CC)
inhibitors as adduct forming, trapping agents to extend the tumor residence time of …

In Vitro Evaluation and Biodistribution Studies of HPMA Copolymers Targeting the Gastrin Releasing Peptide Receptor in Prostate Cancer

S Alshehri, W Fan, W Zhang, JC Garrison - Pharmaceutical Research, 2020 - Springer
Purpose The development of diagnostic and therapeutic agents utilizing small peptides (eg,
bombesin (BBN)) to target the overexpression of the gastrin-releasing peptide receptor …

Synthesis and Evaluation of a Cathepsin B–Recognizing Trifunctional Chelating Agent to Improve Tumor Retention of Radioimmunoconjugates

H Jinda, K Nakashima, H Watanabe… - Journal of Labelled …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Cathepsin B (CTSB) is a lysosomal protease that is overexpressed in tumor cells.
Radioimmunoconjugates (RICs) composed of CTSB‐recognizing chelating agents are …

Status and future directions of anti-metastatic cancer nanomedicines for the inhibition of cathepsin L

TA Tabish, MZI Pranjol, JL Whatmore… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Angiogenesis, tissue invasion and metastasis in the tumour microenvironment are all critical
hallmarks of cancer. Upregulation of cathepsin L plays an important role in angiogenesis …