Fusion protein linkers: property, design and functionality

X Chen, JL Zaro, WC Shen - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2013 - Elsevier
As an indispensable component of recombinant fusion proteins, linkers have shown
increasing importance in the construction of stable, bioactive fusion proteins. This review …

The transferrin receptor and the targeted delivery of therapeutic agents against cancer

TR Daniels, E Bernabeu, JA Rodríguez, S Patel… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Traditional cancer therapy can be successful in destroying tumors, but can
also cause dangerous side effects. Therefore, many targeted therapies are in development …

The transferrin receptor part II: targeted delivery of therapeutic agents into cancer cells

TR Daniels, T Delgado, G Helguera, ML Penichet - Clinical immunology, 2006 - Elsevier
Traditional anti-cancer treatments consist of chemotherapeutic drugs that effectively
eliminate rapidly dividing tumor cells. However, in many cases chemotherapy fails to …

Fungal ribotoxins: molecular dissection of a family of natural killers

J Lacadena, E Álvarez-García… - FEMS microbiology …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
RNase T1 is the best known representative of a large family of ribonucleolytic proteins
secreted by fungi, mostly Aspergillus and Penicillium species. Ribotoxins stand out among …

Transferrin and the transferrin receptor: of magic bullets and other concerns

MF Macedo, M Sousa - Inflammation & Allergy-Drug Targets …, 2008 - ingentaconnect.com
Transferrin (Trf) is a highly conserved serum glycoprotein mostly known for its iron transport
capacity. As iron is an indispensable nutrient for cell division, Trf and its receptor have long …

[HTML][HTML] Plant-made immunotoxin building blocks: A roadmap for producing therapeutic antibody-toxin fusions

M Knödler, JF Buyel - Biotechnology Advances, 2021 - Elsevier
Molecular farming in plants is an emerging platform for the production of pharmaceutical
proteins, and host species such as tobacco are now becoming competitive with …

A novel carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA)-targeted trimeric immunotoxin shows significantly enhanced antitumor activity in human colorectal cancer xenografts

R Lázaro-Gorines, J Ruiz-De-La-Herrán, R Navarro… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
Immunotoxins are chimeric molecules, which combine antibody specificity to recognize and
bind with high-affinity tumor-associated antigens (TAA) with the potency of the enzymatic …

Fusion protein technologies for biopharmaceuticals: applications and challenges

SR Schmidt - 2013 - books.google.com
The state of the art in biopharmaceutical FUSION PROTEIN DESIGN Fusion proteins belong
to the most lucrative biotech drugs—with Enbrel® being one of the best-selling biologics …

Engineering and biological characterization of VB6-845, an anti-EpCAM immunotoxin containing a T-cell epitope-depleted variant of the plant toxin bouganin

J Cizeau, DM Grenkow, JG Brown… - Journal of …, 2009 - journals.lww.com
The clinical development of immunotoxins in the treatment of solid tumors has been
impeded in part, by the induction of an immune response directed primarily against the toxin …

Viral prefusion targeting using entry inhibitor peptides: the case of SARS-CoV-2 and influenza A virus

Y Behzadipour, S Hemmati - International Journal of Peptide Research …, 2022 - Springer
In this study, peptide entry inhibitors against the fusion processes of severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus-2 (SCV2) and influenza A virus (IAV) were designed and evaluated …