Aptamers Versus Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) : A New Battle against Ovarian Cancer

Cancer is one of the diseases that causes a high mortality as it involves unregulated and abnormal cell growth proliferation that can manifest in any body region. One of the typical ovarian cancer symptoms is damage to the female reproductive system. The death rate can be reduced through early detection of the ovarian cancer. Promising probes that can detect ovarian cancer are suitable aptamers. Aptamers, i.e., so-called chemical antibodies, have a strong affinity for the target biomarker and can typically be identified starting from a random library of oligonucleotides. Compared with other probes, ovarian cancer targeting using aptamers has demonstrated superior detection effectiveness. Various aptamers have been selected to detect the ovarian tumor biomarker, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). The present review highlights the development of particular aptamers that target VEGF and detect ovarian cancer at its earliest stages. The therapeutic efficacy of aptamers in ovarian cancer treatment is also discussed.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:16

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Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) - 16(2023), 6 vom: 06. Juni

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Mishra, Yachana [VerfasserIn]
Chattaraj, Aditi [VerfasserIn]
Mishra, Vijay [VerfasserIn]
Ranjan, Abhigyan [VerfasserIn]
Tambuwala, Murtaza M [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibodies
Aptamer
Biomarker
Journal Article
Ovarian cancer
Review
Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)

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Date Revised 01.07.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/ph16060849

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM358771072