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SUBMITTER: Edinger N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5012564 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Edinger Nufar N Lebendiker Mario M Klein Shoshana S Zigler Maya M Langut Yael Y Levitzki Alexander A
PloS one 20160906 9
Selective delivery of drugs to tumor cells can increase potency and reduce toxicity. In this study, we describe a novel recombinant chimeric protein, dsRBEC, which can bind polyIC and deliver it selectively into EGFR over-expressing tumor cells. dsRBEC, comprises the dsRNA binding domain (dsRBD) of human PKR (hPKR), which serves as the polyIC binding moiety, fused to human EGF (hEGF), the targeting moiety. dsRBEC shows high affinity towards EGFR and triggers ligand-induced endocytosis of the rec ...[more]