Guiding nanomaterials to tumors for breast cancer precision medicine: from tumor-targeting small-molecule discovery to targeted nanodrug delivery.

ABSTRACT: Precision medicine emphasizes patient-specific formulation for treatment of diseases, especially cancer. However, in targeted cancer treatment, because the expression level of tumor receptors in each patient varies even for the same type of cancer, the ligand/receptor-mediated approach does not seem promising for precision medicine. In this work, we demonstrated our strategy of using a phage display technique for breast cancer precision medicine. Using in vivo biopanning, we first selected an MCF-7 breast tumor-targeting peptide, then tested the effectiveness of the as-selected peptide in tumor homing and finally conjugated the peptide to a model photothermal drug, namely, gold nanorods, to achieve enhanced cancer killing efficacy. The peptides identified by the phage display techni

SUBMITTER: Qu X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5898397 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature