The Functions and Applications of RGD in Tumor Therapy and Tissue Engineering

Arginine-Glycine-Aspartic (RGD), is the specific recognition site of integrins with theirs ligands, and regulates cell-cell and cell-extracellular matrix interactions. The RGD motif can be combined with integrins overexpressed on the tumor neovasculature and tumor cells with a certain affinity, beco...

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Main Authors: Shuling Wang, Tian Xie, Yingqiang Shen, Anming Wang, Yuanyuan Li, Fen Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2013-06-01
Series:International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Subjects:
RGD
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/14/7/13447