Homing peptides

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Laakkonen P, Akerman ME, Biliran H, Yang M, Ferrer F, Karpanen T, Hoffman RM, Ruoslahti E (2004) Antitumor activity of a homing peptide that targets tumor lymphatics and tumor cells. Proc Natl Acad USA 101 9381-9386... 

Wood KC, Azarin SM, Arap W et al (2008) Tumor-targeted gene delivery using molecularly engineered hybrid polymers functionalized with a tumor-homing peptide. Bioconjug Chem 19 403 105... 

Painter, S. D., Clough, B., Gardem, R. W., Sweedler, J. V., and Nagle, G. T., Characterization of Aplysia attractin, the first water-homed peptide pheromone in invertebrates, Biol. Bull., 194,120,1998. 

Lee, L., Buckley, C., Blades, M.C., Panayi, G., George, A.J.T. and Pitzalis, C., 2002. Identification of synovium-specific homing peptides by in vivo phage display selection. Arthritis Rheum., 46, pp. 2109-2120. 

Renno RZ, Terada Y, Haddadin MJ, et al. Selective photodynamic therapy by targeted verteporfin delivery to experimental choroidal neovascularization mediated by a homing peptide to vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2. Arch Ophthalmol 2004 122 1002-1011. 

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Zarovni N, Monaco L, Corti A (2004) Inhibition of tumor growth by intramuscular injection of cDNA encoding tumor necrosis factor alpha coupled to NGR and RGD tumor-homing peptides. Hum GeneTher 15 373-382... 

Jiang, J-S. Gan, Z-F. Yang, Y. Du, B. Qian, M. Zhang P. (2009), A novel magnetic fluid based on starch-coated magnetite nanoparticles functionalized with homing peptide. /. Nanopart. Res., 11 1321-1330. 

H.B. Pang, G.B. Braun, Z.G. She, V.R. Kotamraju, K.N. Sugahara, T. Teesalu, and E. Ruoslahti, A free cysteine prolongs the half-life of a homing peptide and improves its tumor-penetrating activity, / Control Release, 175, 48-53, 2014. 

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