Gamma-glutamyl hydrolase and drug resistance

E Schneider, TJ Ryan - Clinica chimica acta, 2006 - Elsevier
Gamma-glutamyl hydrolase (GGH) is a lysosomal enzyme involved in the metabolism of
folates and anti-folates. It acts as an endo-and/or exo-peptidase to cleave gamma …

Structure of glutamate carboxypeptidase II, a drug target in neuronal damage and prostate cancer

JR Mesters, C Barinka, W Li, T Tsukamoto… - The EMBO …, 2006 - embopress.org
Membrane‐bound glutamate carboxypeptidase II (GCPII) is a zinc metalloenzyme that
catalyzes the hydrolysis of the neurotransmitter N‐acetyl‐l‐aspartyl‐l‐glutamate (NAAG) to …

Prostate-specific membrane antigen regulates angiogenesis by modulating integrin signal transduction

RE Conway, N Petrovic, Z Li, W Heston… - … and cellular biology, 2006 - Am Soc Microbiol
The transmembrane peptidase prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) is universally
upregulated in the vasculature of solid tumors, but its functional role in tumor angiogenesis …

A dimeric peptide that binds selectively to prostate-specific membrane antigen and inhibits its enzymatic activity

S Aggarwal, P Singh, O Topaloglu, JT Isaacs… - Cancer research, 2006 - AACR
Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) is highly expressed by both normal and
malignant prostate epithelial cells and by the neovasculature of many tumor types; however …

Design and synthesis of a PSMA inhibitor-doxorubicin conjugate for targeted prostate cancer therapy

S Jayaprakash, X Wang, WD Heston… - …, 2006 - pure.johnshopkins.edu
Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) provides an attractive target for the
development of targeted chemotherapeutics for prostate cancer. We have designed and …

Clinical utility of radiolabeled monoclonal antibodies in prostate cancer

KA David, MI Milowsky, L Kostakoglu… - Clinical genitourinary …, 2006 - Elsevier
Prostate cancer represents an ideal target for radioimmunotherapy based on the pattern of
spread, including bone marrow and lymph nodes, sites that typically receive high levels of …

Comparative study of PSMA expression in the prostate of mouse, dog, monkey, and human

S Aggarwal, RM Ricklis, SA Williams… - The …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Intraprostatic PSMA targeted prodrugs/protoxins are under development in
our laboratory. Future toxicologic studies of these therapies require identification of animal …

Purification of prostate-specific membrane antigen using conformational epitope-specific antibody-affinity chromatography

T Liu, Y Toriyabe, CE Berkman - Protein expression and purification, 2006 - Elsevier
Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) is a type II membrane protein that has attracted
significant attention as a target for immunioscintigraphic and radioimmunotherapeutic …

Analysis of prostate-specific membrane antigen splice variants in LNCap cells

T Williams, R Kole - Oligonucleotides, 2006 - liebertpub.com
The prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA), a product of the folate hydrolase (FOLH1)
gene, is highly expressed as a largely extracellular membrane-anchored protein in …

Association of prostate-specific membrane antigen with caveolin-1 and its caveolae-dependent internalization in microvascular endothelial cells: implications for …

G Anilkumar, SP Barwe, JJ Christiansen… - Microvascular …, 2006 - Elsevier
Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) is a transmembrane protein with a highly
restricted profile of expression. Expression is primarily limited to secretory cells of the …