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Embryonic endothelial progenitor cells armed with a suicide gene target hypoxic lung metastasis after intravenous delivery.
Cancer Cell 5, 477-488 (2004)
We show that mouse embryonic endothelial progenitor cells (eEPCs) home preferentially to hypoxic lung metastases when administered intravenously. This specificity is inversely related to the degree of perfusion and vascular density in the metastasis and directly related to local levels of hypoxia and VEGF. Ex vivo expanded eEPCs that were genetically modified with a suicide gene specifically and efficiently eradicated lung metastases with scant patent blood vessels. eEPCs do not express MHC I proteins, are resistant to natural killer cell-mediated cytolysis, and can contribute to tumor vessel formation also in nonsyngeneic mice. These results indicate that eEPCs can be used in an allogeneic setting to treat hypoxic metastases that are known to be resistant to conventional therapeutic regimes.
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Publikationstyp
Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
ISSN (print) / ISBN
1535-6108
e-ISSN
1878-3686
Zeitschrift
Cancer Cell
Quellenangaben
Band: 5,
Heft: 5,
Seiten: 477-488
Verlag
Cell Press
Verlagsort
Cambridge, Mass.
Nichtpatentliteratur
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Begutachtungsstatus
Peer reviewed