FKBPL and its peptide derivatives inhibit endocrine therapy resistant cancer stem cells and breast cancer metastasis by downregulating DLL4 and Notch4.
Lana McClementsStephanie AnnettAnita YakkundiMartin O'RourkeAndrea ValentineNermeen MoustafaAbdelrahim AlqudahBruno M SimõesFiona FurlongAmy ShortStuart A McIntoshHelen O McCarthyRobert B ClarkeTracy RobsonPublished in: BMC cancer (2019)
This study demonstrates, for the first time, the pre-clinical activity of novel systemic anti-cancer therapeutic peptides, ALM201 and AD-01, in the metastatic setting, and highlights their impact on endocrine therapy resistant CSCs; both areas of unmet clinical need.