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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2013-06-01
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Series: | International Journal of Molecular Sciences |
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Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/14/7/13447 |