A Synthetic Aptamer-Drug Adduct for Targeted Liver Cancer Therapy.

AS1411 (previously known as AGRO100) is a 26 nucleotide guanine-rich DNA aptamer which forms a guanine quadruplex structure. AS1411 has shown promising utility as a treatment for cancers in Phase I and Phase II clinical trials without causing major side-effects. AS1411 inhibits tumor cell growth by...

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Main Authors: Thu Le Trinh, Guizhi Zhu, Xilin Xiao, William Puszyk, Kwame Sefah, Qunfeng Wu, Weihong Tan, Chen Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4629891?pdf=render