Nanobodies: next generation of cancer diagnostics and therapeutics

EY Yang, K Shah - Frontiers in Oncology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The development of targeted medicine has greatly expanded treatment options and spurred
new research avenues in cancer therapeutics, with monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) emerging …

The role of cell‐penetrating peptides in potential anti‐cancer therapy

M Zhou, X Zou, K Cheng, S Zhong, Y Su… - Clinical and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Due to the complex physiological structure, microenvironment and multiple physiological
barriers, traditional anti‐cancer drugs are severely restricted from reaching the tumour site …

Site-specific antibody conjugation with payloads beyond cytotoxins

Q Zhou - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
As antibody–drug conjugates have become a very important modality for cancer therapy,
many site-specific conjugation approaches have been developed for generating …

Transportation of single-domain antibodies through the blood–brain barrier

E Ruiz-López, AJ Schuhmacher - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Single-domain antibodies derive from the heavy-chain-only antibodies of Camelidae (camel,
dromedary, llama, alpaca, vicuñas, and guananos; ie, nanobodies) and cartilaginous fishes …

Natural occurring and engineered enzymes for peptide ligation and cyclization

T Nuijens, A Toplak, M Schmidt, A Ricci… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The renaissance of peptides as prospective therapeutics has fostered the development of
novel strategies for their synthesis and modification. In this context, besides the development …

Broadening the scope of sortagging

X Dai, A Böker, U Glebe - RSC advances, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Sortases are enzymes occurring in the cell wall of Gram-positive bacteria. Sortase A (SrtA),
the best studied sortase class, plays a key role in anchoring surface proteins with the …

Kiss and run: Promoting effective and targeted cellular uptake of a drug delivery vehicle composed of an integrin-targeting diketopiperazine peptidomimetic and a cell …

L Feni, S Parente, C Robert, S Gazzola… - Bioconjugate …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs) have emerged as powerful tools in terms of drug delivery.
Those short, often cationic peptides are characterized by their usually low toxicity and their …

Diagnosis of glioblastoma by immuno-positron emission tomography

E Ruiz-López, J Calatayud-Pérez, I Castells-Yus… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Neuroimaging has transformed the way brain tumors are diagnosed and
treated. Although different non-invasive modalities provide very helpful information, in some …

Recent advances of anti-cancer therapies including the use of cell-penetrating peptides

A Klimpel, T Luetzenburg, I Neundorf - Current opinion in pharmacology, 2019 - Elsevier
Highlights•CPPs are valuable tools for the intracellular delivery of anti-cancer
drugs.•Attachment of targeting units to CPPs helps to increase their selectivity.•Self …

Site-specific dual-labeling of a VHH with a chelator and a photosensitizer for nuclear imaging and targeted photodynamic therapy of EGFR-positive tumors

E Renard, E Collado Camps, C Canovas, A Kip… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Variable domains of heavy chain only antibodies are small proteins that
can be used for tumor imaging and therapy upon conjugation of functional groups. As …