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Antimicrobial peptides: a promising strategy for lung cancer drug discovery?

Farshid ZandsalimiSam TalaeiMehdi Noormohammad AhariShahin AghamiriPourya RaeeSoheil RoshanzamiriFatemeh YarianMojgan BandehpourZeinab Zohrab Zadeh
Published in: Expert opinion on drug discovery (2020)
The combination of AMPs and other cancer treatment approaches such as chemotherapy, nanoparticle-based delivery systems, and photodynamic therapy can be used as a promising revolutionary strategy for the treatment of lung cancer. The most significant limitations of this strategy that need to be focused on are low efficiency and off-target events.
Keyphrases
  • drug discovery
  • photodynamic therapy
  • squamous cell carcinoma
  • locally advanced
  • replacement therapy
  • smoking cessation