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Title
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English:Antitumor Protein Therapy ; Application of the Protein Transduction Domain to the Development of a Protein Drug for Cancer Treatment 
Author
Japanese: HARADA Hiroshi, 近藤科江, HIRAOKA Masahiro.  
English: HARADA Hiroshi, Shinae Kizaka-Kondoh, HIRAOKA Masahiro.  
Language English 
Journal/Book name
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English:Breast cancer : the journal of the Japanese Breast Cancer Society 
Volume, Number, Page Vol. 13    No. 1   
Published date Feb. 2006 
Publisher
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English:The Japanese Breast Cancer Society 
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Abstract The genomic information obtained through the human genome project has been accelerating the analysis of the functions of various disease relevant genes. The high molecular weight biomolecules, including oligonucleotides, antisense nucleotides, small interference RNA and peptides, as well as genes (cDNA) and proteins, are becoming increasingly important for the development of molecular therapies. However, the potential of such information-rich macromolecules for therapeutic use has been limited by the poor permeability across the lipid bilayer of the cellular plasma membrane. Over the past decade, a unique activity of oligopeptides, known as protein transduction domains (PTDs) or cell penetrating peptides (CPPs), has made it possible to transduce biologically active macromolecules into living cells in vitro by conjugating a PTD to the desired macromolecule. Furthermore, this activity has also enabled the systemic delivery of bioactive macromolecules to all tissues in living animals. However, we are now confronted with the next difficulty delivering the macromolecules specifically to the therapeutic targets in vivo. In this review, we focus on the application of PTD to develop antitumor macromolecules and introduce several representative strategies to discriminate between tumor and normal tissue. In addition, we discuss the unique characteristics of breast cancer, which are expected to facilitate the application of PTD to develop novel protein therapy for breast cancer.

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