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. 1998 Jan 16;279(5349):377-80.
doi: 10.1126/science.279.5349.377.

Cancer treatment by targeted drug delivery to tumor vasculature in a mouse model

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Cancer treatment by targeted drug delivery to tumor vasculature in a mouse model

W Arap et al. Science. .

Abstract

In vivo selection of phage display libraries was used to isolate peptides that home specifically to tumor blood vessels. When coupled to the anticancer drug doxorubicin, two of these peptides-one containing an alphav integrin-binding Arg-Gly-Asp motif and the other an Asn-Gly-Arg motif-enhanced the efficacy of the drug against human breast cancer xenografts in nude mice and also reduced its toxicity. These results indicate that it may be possible to develop targeted chemotherapy strategies that are based on selective expression of receptors in tumor vasculature.

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