Nature Communications (Jun 2021)

Bladder cancer therapy using a conformationally fluid tumoricidal peptide complex

  • Antonín Brisuda,
  • James C. S. Ho,
  • Pancham S. Kandiyal,
  • Justin T-Y. Ng,
  • Ines Ambite,
  • Daniel S. C. Butler,
  • Jaromir Háček,
  • Murphy Lam Yim Wan,
  • Thi Hien Tran,
  • Aftab Nadeem,
  • Tuan Hiep Tran,
  • Anna Hastings,
  • Petter Storm,
  • Daniel L. Fortunati,
  • Parisa Esmaeili,
  • Hana Novotna,
  • Jakub Horňák,
  • Y. G. Mu,
  • K. H. Mok,
  • Marek Babjuk,
  • Catharina Svanborg

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23748-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Partially unfolded alpha-lactalbumin forms an oleic acid complex with antitumorigenic properties. Here, the authors define a structurally flexible, peptide-based oleate complex and report a phase I/II clinical trial where this complex is used to treat patients with bladder cancer.