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SUBMITTER: Ikemoto H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5697747 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ikemoto Hideki H Lingasamy Prakash P Anton Willmore Anne-Mari AM Hunt Hedi H Kurm Kaarel K Tammik Olav O Scodeller Pablo P Simón-Gracia Lorena L Kotamraju Venkata Ramana VR Lowy Andrew M AM Sugahara Kazuki N KN Teesalu Tambet T
Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine 20170501 5
Peritoneal carcinomatosis results from dissemination of solid tumors in the peritoneal cavity, and is a common site of metastasis in patients with carcinomas of gastrointestinal or gynecological origin. Peritoneal carcinomatosis treatment is challenging as poorly vascularized, disseminated peritoneal micro-tumors are shielded from systemic anticancer drugs and drive tumor regrowth. Here, we describe the identification and validation of a tumor homing peptide CKRDLSRRC (IP3), which upon intraperi ...[more]