A Novel Peptide for Simultaneously Enhanced Treatment of Head and Neck Cancer and Mitigation of Oral Mucositis.

We have characterized a novel 21 amino acid-peptide derived from Antrum Mucosal Protein (AMP)-18 that mediates growth promotion of cultured normal epithelial cells and mitigates radiation-induced oral mucositis in animal models, while suppressing in vitro function of cancer cells. The objective of t...

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Published in:	PLoS ONE
Main Authors:	Peili Chen, Maria Mancini, Stephen T Sonis, Juan Fernandez-Martinez, Jing Liu, Ezra E W Cohen, F Gary Toback
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Online Access:	http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4822960?pdf=render