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  • American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)  (14)
  • 1
    In: Cancer Research, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), Vol. 68, No. 16 ( 2008-08-15), p. 6634-6642
    Abstract: Androgen receptor (AR) is the main therapeutic target for treatment of metastatic prostate cancers (PCa). As recurrent tumors restore AR activity independent of hormones, new therapies that abolish AR activity have been sought to prevent or delay the emergence of ablation-resistant disease. Here, we report that a novel abietane diterpene, 6-hydroxy-5,6-dehydrosugiol (HDHS), isolated from the stem bark of Cryptomeria japonica, was a potent AR antagonist in PCa cells. HDHS treatment of androgen-dependent LNCaP and androgen-responsive 22Rv1 cells induced apoptosis as shown by nucleosome release, activation of caspase-3 and caspase-7, and cleavage of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase accompanied with concomitant up-regulation of tumor suppressor p53. HDHS also decreased the protein expression of cyclins (D1 and E), cyclin-dependent kinases (CDK2, CDK4, and CDK6), and retinoblastoma phosphorylation in PCa cells, which suggest cell cycle arrest in the G1 phase. Oral administration of HDHS at 0.5 and 2.5 mg/kg once daily for 24 days to 22Rv1 PCa xenografted mice suppressed tumor growth by 22% and 39%, respectively, in association with decreased proliferation and increased apoptosis in tumor cells, which further correlated with increased levels of HDHS in plasma and tumors. Overall, our data suggest that HDHS has potential for use in chemoprevention and chemotherapy of PCa. [Cancer Res 2008;68(16):6634–42]
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    In: Cancer Research, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), Vol. 74, No. 3 ( 2014-02-01), p. 751-764
    Abstract: MicroRNAs offer tools to identify and treat invasive cancers. Using highly invasive isogenic oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) cells, established using in vitro and in vivo selection protocols from poorly invasive parental cell populations, we used microarray expression analysis to identify a relative and specific decrease in miR-491-5p in invasive cells. Lower expression of miR-491-5p correlated with poor overall survival of patients with OSCCs. miR-491-5p overexpression in invasive OSCC cells suppressed their migratory behavior in vitro and lung metastatic behavior in vivo. We defined the G-protein—coupled receptor kinase-interacting protein 1 (GIT1)—as a direct target gene for miR-491-5p control. GIT1 overexpression was sufficient to rescue miR-491-5p–mediated inhibition of migration/invasion and lung metastasis. Conversely, GIT1 silencing phenocopied the ability of miR-491-5p to inhibit migration/invasion and metastasis of OSCC cells. Mechanistic investigations indicated that miR-491-5p overexpression or GIT1 attenuation reduced focal adhesions, with a concurrent decrease in steady-state levels of paxillin, phospho-paxillin, phospho-FAK, EGF/EGFR-mediated extracellular signal–regulated kinase (ERK1/2) activation, and MMP2/9 levels and activities. In clinical specimens of OSCCs, GIT1 levels were elevated relative to paired normal tissues and were correlated with lymph node metastasis, with expression levels of miR-491-5p and GIT1 correlated inversely in OSCCs, where they informed tumor grade. Together, our findings identify a functional axis for OSCC invasion that suggests miR-491-5p and GIT1 as biomarkers for prognosis in this cancer. Cancer Res; 74(3); 751–64. ©2013 AACR.
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    American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) ; 2015
    In:  Molecular Cancer Therapeutics Vol. 14, No. 12_Supplement_2 ( 2015-12-01), p. B186-B186
    In: Molecular Cancer Therapeutics, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), Vol. 14, No. 12_Supplement_2 ( 2015-12-01), p. B186-B186
    Abstract: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common cancers and is also a leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Until now, treatments for HCC remain limited, especially for the shortage of promising systemic therapies to replace systemic chemotherapy. Sorafenib, the first drug applied in targeted therapy for HCC, was approved and drew considerable attention. However, the efficacy and side effects of sorafenib are still unsatisfied, which make sorafenib far from ideal for treatment of HCC. Thus, developing novel therapeutics for HCC is necessary. A novel compound, ITRI-2531, is developed to improve the efficacy from sorafenib. ITRI-2531 shows cytotoxicity in HCC cell lines (Huh-7 and PLC/PRF/5) and patient-derived HCC tissue cell lines. In studies of kinase activities, ITRI-2531 suppresses the phosphorylation of MEK and ERK in PLC/PRF/5 cells and shows inhibition of multiple kinases (FLT3, FLT4, PDGFRA, PGDFRB, and VEGFR2) in KINOMEscanTM study. In in vivo studies, oral treatment of ITRI-2531 repressed subcutaneous Huh-7 and PLC/PRF/5 tumor growth in severe combined immunodeficient (SCID) mice and shows better efficacy than sorafinib. Moreover, ITRI-2531 prolongs the survival of SCID mice with orthotopic patient-derived xenograft tumor and suppresses alpha-fetoprotein in serum. On the other hand, ITRI-2531 also has good pharmacokinetic profiles. According to these results, we believe that ITRI-2531 warrants further evaluation as a new anti-HCC drug. Citation Format: Tsung-Keng Kuo, On Lee, Mai-Wei Lin, Li-Zong Lin, Chun-Min Liu, Tai-ju Hsieh, Chun-Chung Wang, Shyh-Horng Lin, Chia-Ni Chang, Hui-Chun Hsu, Nien-Tzu Chou, Chin-Pen Lai, Chih-Hung Chen, Chia-Mu Tu, Shih-Ta Chen, Yuan-Jang Tsai, Chih-Peng Liu, Jenn-Tsang Hwang, Jui-Wen Huang, Yen-Chun Chen, Chrong-Shiong Hwang, Hsiang-Wen Tseng. ITRI-2531 - A novel kinase inhibitor for treating hepatocellular carcinoma. [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the AACR-NCI-EORTC International Conference: Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics; 2015 Nov 5-9; Boston, MA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Mol Cancer Ther 2015;14(12 Suppl 2):Abstract nr B186.
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    Publication Date: 2015
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    In: Cancer Research, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), Vol. 70, No. 8_Supplement ( 2010-04-15), p. 4705-4705
    Abstract: Bladder cancer is the 6th most common cancer in the world and the incidence is particularly high in southwestern Taiwan. Bladder cancer patients would need to have long term follow-up and repeated urine cytology, however the sensitivity for urine cytology is known to be low. Several studies including ours had identified several tumor-related genes that are hypermethylated in bladder cancer patients and can be detected in voided urine samples (Chan et al., Clin Cancer Res 8: 464-470, 2002). However, comprehensive methylation profile of bladder cancer in Taiwan is currently unknown. On the other hand, studies also suggested that the non-random methylation profile in cancer may be related to the exposure of different environmental carcinogen in different locality. In this regard, we aim to investigate the DNA methylation profile of multiple tumor suppressor genes in bladder cancer patients from different Chinese populations including Taiwan (104 cases), Hong Kong (98 cases) and Beijing (24 cases) by methylation specific PCR (MSP). Genes showing distinct methylation in Taiwanese population will be selected as biomarkers for cancer detection in voided urine samples. Our result showed that frequent methylation was detected in p14 (84.4%), IRF8 (67.4%), sFRP1 (62.8%), and DAPK (52.2%) from cancer patients of Taiwan. While methylation was also detected in RASSF1A (37.0%), p15 (32.6%), APC (28.3%), hMLH1 (21.7%), SOCS-1 (19.6%), and CDH1 (15.2%). The methylation profile demonstrated bimodal distribution which is a characteristic of CpG island methylator phentotype (CIMP). Besides, the number of methylated genes in each patient were significantly correlated with pathological grade (P & lt;0.001) and stage (P & lt;0.05). Interestingly, methylation of CDH1, hMLH1, p14 and p15 showed obvious diversity among different Chinese populations. Importantly, the sensitivity and specificity of methylation detection of any one of the methylated gene (IRF8, p14, sFRP1 and RASSF1A) in voided urine of patients using qMSP is 89.5% and 94.4% respectively. To further identify novel targets that are epigenetically silenced in bladder cancer from Taiwan, we performed differential methylation analysis (DMH) using Agilent 244K CpG island microarray coupled with expression microarray in BFTC905 and TSGH8301 bladder cancer cell lines. ARHGEF17 and CDKN1C were identified to be concurrently methylated in these two bladder cancer cell lines as compared with SV-HUC-1 normal bladder cell line. In conclusion, our result indicated that there are distinct DNA methylation profiles among different Chinese populations. These profiles demonstrate gradual increases with cancer progression. Finally, detection of gene methylation in voided urine with these distinct DNA methylation markers is more sensitive than urine cytology. Citation Format: {Authors}. {Abstract title} [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 101st Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research; 2010 Apr 17-21; Washington, DC. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2010;70(8 Suppl):Abstract nr 4705.
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    American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) ; 2011
    In:  Cancer Research Vol. 71, No. 8_Supplement ( 2011-04-15), p. 3423-3423
    In: Cancer Research, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), Vol. 71, No. 8_Supplement ( 2011-04-15), p. 3423-3423
    Abstract: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common cancers with high mortality worldwide. Hypoxia is considered as a driving force to trigger the progression of malignancy, such as epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) process, tumor metastasis, and recurrence. Because of the high recurrence rate caused by frequent metastasis and the lack of effective systemic treatment, development of new biomarkers and therapeutic targets for HCC treatment is urgently needed. Loss of E-cadherin is an early and critical step in EMT process and tumor metastasis. Consequently, modulation of the expression of E-cadherin may be a potential way to prevent tumor metastasis. Recently, we have demonstrated that overexpression of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator-1α (PGC-1α) not only down-regulated the cyclin D1 expression and inhibited growth of hepatoma HepG2 cells, but also up-regulated the E-cadherin expression and concomitantly down-regulated the mesenchymal marker, and decreased the vimentin expression as well as the migration of HepG2 cells. In this study, we observed a significant increase in the expression level of Kruppel-like factor 4 (KLF4) in HepG2 cells when PGC-1α was overexpressed by adenovirus mediated gene transfer. Using wound healing assay and Western blotting, we further observed increased cell migration and decreased expression of KLF4 in HepG2, Hep3B, and HA22T/VGH hepatoma cell lines under hypoxia condition. Moreover, the KLF4 expression level in HepG2 cells under hypoxia and combined with drug treatment was also examined. We found that treatment of sodium nitroprusside, a nitric oxide donor, can protect HepG2 cells from hypoxia- and glucose depletion-induced cytotoxicity through repressing the KLF4 and Bip/Grp78 expression. After treatment with a cytotoxic dose (1 μM) of doxorubicin, the KLF4 expression of HepG2 cells was decreased under normoxia while it was increased under hypoxia. These results together suggest that PGC-1α may regulate the expression of E-cadherin via KLF4, and the KLF4 expression correlated with the response of HepG2 cells to doxorubicin under hypoxia. PGC-1α and KLF4 may serve as potential targets to inhibit the growth and metastasis of hepatoma cells. Citation Format: {Authors}. {Abstract title} [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 102nd Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research; 2011 Apr 2-6; Orlando, FL. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2011;71(8 Suppl):Abstract nr 3423. doi:10.1158/1538-7445.AM2011-3423
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  • 6
    In: Molecular Cancer Research, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), Vol. 6, No. 6 ( 2008-06-01), p. 955-964
    Abstract: Carbazole derivatives that stabilized G-quadruplex DNA structure formed by human telomeric sequence have been designed and synthesized. Among them, 3,6-bis(1-methyl-4-vinylpyridinium)carbazole diiodide (BMVC) showed an increase in G-quadruplex melting temperature by 13°C and has a potent inhibitory effect on telomerase activity. Treatment of H1299 cancer cells with 0.5 μmol/L BMVC did not cause acute toxicity and affect DNA replication; however, the BMVC-treated cells ceased to divide after a lag period. Hallmarks of senescence, including morphologic changes, detection of senescence-associated β-galactosidase activity, and decreased bromodeoxyuridine incorporation, were detected in BMVC-treated cancer cells. The BMVC-induced senescence phenotype is accompanied by progressive telomere shortening and detection of the DNA damage foci, indicating that BMVC caused telomere uncapping after long-term treatments. Unlike other telomerase inhibitors, the BMVC-treated cancer cells showed a fast telomere shortening rate and a lag period of growth before entering senescence. Interestingly, BMVC also suppressed the tumor-related properties of cancer cells, including cell migration, colony-forming ability, and anchorage-independent growth, indicating that the cellular effects of BMVC were not limited to telomeres. Consistent with the observations from cellular experiments, the tumorigenic potential of cancer cells was also reduced in mouse xenografts after BMVC treatments. Thus, BMVC repressed tumor progression through both telomere-dependent and telomere-independent pathways. (Mol Cancer Res 2008;6(6):955–64)
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    In: Cancer Research, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), Vol. 70, No. 8_Supplement ( 2010-04-15), p. 3356-3356
    Abstract: Recent studies suggest that the presence of cancer stem cells (CSC) could be linked with patients’ survival. The ability of cancers to grow indefinitely has fueled the idea that cancer and stem cells may have common underlying mechanisms. It has been suggested that tumors are initiated from cancer stem cells (CSCs) with proliferation potential drives the growth of cancer. CSCs are resistant to chemotherapy and radiation. However, the suggested cancer stem cell markers in human hepatocellular carcinoma cells are variable and confused. In this study, we profiled some of the most reported CSC markers, including CD133, epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EpCAM), aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH), CD90, CD24, c-kit, global-H and stemness genes in eight human hepatocellular carcinoma cell lines. Through specific marker expressed cell sorting by FACs aria or magnetic beads, the CSC associated drug resistance and tumorigenicity were further evaluated. However, there is no obvious difference among parental group, marker-positive group and marker-negative group in these CSC characteristics evaluated. It seems no good correlation between reported markers in liver cancer stem cells. Therefore, presence of markers alone should be taken with caution as single prognostic parameters. Through harsh culture condition, spheroid cell grew and had been isolated, which perform CSC-like properties. Moreover, forced activation of an ESC-like gene expression program can reprogram HCC cells into CSC-like cells and achieve pathologic self-renewal. The ability to create induced cancer stem cells (iCSC) may provide opportunities to better define the biology of cancer stem cells in order to trace or eliminate them in human patients. Citation Format: {Authors}. {Abstract title} [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 101st Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research; 2010 Apr 17-21; Washington, DC. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2010;70(8 Suppl):Abstract nr 3356.
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    In: Cancer Research, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), Vol. 71, No. 8_Supplement ( 2011-04-15), p. 1413-1413
    Abstract: Dysregulation of proteolysis on cell surface has been strongly implicated in cancer cell migration and invasion. In this study, we delineated the role of hepatocyte growth factor activator inhibitor-2 (HAI-2) in prostate cancer cell migration and invasion within a human prostate cancer progression model, established by a serial of intraprostatic injections of prostate cancer cells and isolation of the invasive cells from nearby lymph nodes. The invasion capability of these cells was increased after the serial isolations. Interestingly, the expression of HAI-2 but not HAI-1 was dramatically decreased following the progression and concurrent with an increase of activated matriptase. Overexpression of HAI-2 reduced prostate cancer cell migration and invasion, at least in part due to its inhibitory role in matriptase. Following the orthotopic tumor growth in mice, the level of matriptase was increased while HAI-2 protein level was decreased. These results indicated that during the progression of human prostate cancer, HAI-2 expression was reduced, leading to constitutive matriptase activation, increased cell migration and invasion. Thus, HAI-2 exerted an inhibitory role in prostate cancer progression partly through inhibiting matripase activity. Imbalance between HAI-2 and matriptase may result in prostate tumor progression. Citation Format: {Authors}. {Abstract title} [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 102nd Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research; 2011 Apr 2-6; Orlando, FL. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2011;71(8 Suppl):Abstract nr 1413. doi:10.1158/1538-7445.AM2011-1413
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    In: Cancer Research, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), Vol. 80, No. 16_Supplement ( 2020-08-15), p. CT190-CT190
    Abstract: Background: Almonertinib (HS-10296) is an oral, potent, high selective third generation EGFR-tyrosine kinase inhibitor (EGFR-TKI) for sensitizing mutations and EGFR T790M mutation. The preliminary clinical data of almonertinib reported in WCLC showed favorable efficacy and safety in target populations. Here, we presented the latest efficacy data, including the subgroup analysis of central nervous system (CNS) response. Methods: Patients aged at least 18 years with centrally confirmed EGFR T790M mutation, locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) progressing on prior EGFR-TKI treatment, received almonertinib 110 mg orally once daily until disease progression. Patients with asymptomatic, stable brain metastases not requiring steroids were enrolled. The primary endpoint was objective response rate (ORR) by independent central review (ICR) using RECIST v1.1. Secondary endpoints included disease control rate (DCR), progression-free survival (PFS), duration of response (DOR), depth of response (DepOR), overall survival (OS) and safety. Response endpoints were assessed in full analysis set (NCT02981108). Results: From May 2018 to October 2018, 244 patients entered study in 36 sites in mainland China (189 patients) and Taiwan (55 patients). Of 88 patients with CNS metastases on baseline brain scans, 23 had at least one intracranial measurable target lesion. At cutoff date (Aug 1, 2019), the median duration of follow-up for progression-free survival was 11.8 months. 168 of 244 patients achieved confirmed partial responses. The ORR was 68.9% (95% CI: 62.6, 74.6). The DCR was 93.4% (95% CI: 89.6, 96.2). The mPFS (48.0% maturity) and mDOR were 12.3 (95% CI: 9.6, 13.8) and 12.4 (95% CI: 11.3, NA) months, respectively. The confirmed CNS ORR and DCR were 60.9% (95% CI: 38.5, 80.3) and 91.3% (95% CI: 72.0, 98.9), respectively. The CNS mPFS (47.8% maturity) was 10.8 (95% CI: 5.5, 12.6) months. The safety profile was consistent with the previous report. The most common grade 3 and 4 adverse reactions were increased blood creatine phosphokinase (17 [7.0%]) and pulmonary embolism (6 [2.5%] ). There was no interstitial lung disease reported. Conclusions: Almonertinib demonstrated progression-free survival benefit in EGFR T790M positive NSCLC patients who had progressed after previous EGFR-TKI treatment, especially showed clinically meaningful efficacy against CNS metastases, and the safety profile was consistent with that reported previously. A randomized, controlled, double-blinded, phase III study is ongoing comparing almonertinib with gefinitib in first-line treatment of advanced NSCLC patients. Citation Format: Shun Lu, Qiming Wang, Guojun Zhang, Xiaorong Dong, Cheng-Ta Yang, Yong Song, Gee-Chen Chang, You Lu, Hongming Pan, Chao-Hua Chiu, Zhehai Wang, Jifeng Feng, Jianying Zhou, Xingxiang Xu, Renhua Guo, Jianhua Chen, Haihua Yang, Yuan Chen, Zhuang Yu, Her-Shyong Shiah, Chin-Chou Wang, Nong Yang, Jian Fang, Ping Wang, Kai Wang, Yanping Hu, Jianxing He, Ziping Wang, Jianhua Shi, Shaoshui Chen, Qiong Wu, Changan Sun, Chuan Li, Hongying Wei, Ying Cheng, Wu-Chou Su, Te-Chun Hsia, Jiuwei Cui, Yuping Sun, James Chih-Hsin Yang. A multicenter, open-label, single-arm, phase II study: The third generation EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor almonertinib for pretreated EGFR T790M-positive locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (APOLLO) [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research 2020; 2020 Apr 27-28 and Jun 22-24. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2020;80(16 Suppl):Abstract nr CT190.
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    In: Cancer Research, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), Vol. 81, No. 13_Supplement ( 2021-07-01), p. 955-955
    Abstract: Stage-specific embryonic antigen-4 (SSEA-4) ceramide, a globo-series hexasaccharide glycosphingolipid, has been reported to be a tumor-associated antigen. Here, we present a novel antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) targeting SSEA-4 to evaluate its potential as a therapeutic agent for cancer treatment. OBI-998 is an ADC comprising the humanized anti-SSEA-4 antibody (OBI-898) that is conjugated to the highly potent microtubule-disrupting agent monomethyl auristatin E (MMAE) through maleimide and PEGylated cleavable linkers. We demonstrated the specificity of the naked antibody to SSEA-4 by screening against a panel of 21 related carbohydrate antigens using ELISA. OBI-998 displayed potent cytotoxic activity against cells (SKOV3) with a high level of SSEA-4 expression at sub-nanomolar potency but no effect on the viability of cells (SKBR3) with negligible SSEA-4 expression. The bystander killing effect of OBI-998 was shown by the transferring of conditioned medium from SKOV3 cells treated with 1 or 5 nM of OBI-998 to SKBR3 cells. Furthermore, significant bystander effects were observed by co-culturing high (NCI-N87) and low (PANC-1/GFP) SSEA-4-expressing cell lines at different ratios in the presence of 5 or 10 nM of OBI-998. OBI-998 was found to be rapidly internalized into cancer cells within 5 minutes upon binding to its target on the cell surface by confocal microscopy. OBI-998 showed significant anti-tumor efficacy in multiple cancer cell–derived xenograft models at doses of 1, 3, and 10 mg/kg in a dose-dependent manner. More importantly, OBI-998 at a dose of 10 mg/kg showed complete tumor regression in an EGFR-triple mutation non–small cell lung cancer xenograft model, which is resistant to the current last-line tyrosine kinase inhibitor, osimertinib. Pharmacokinetic analysis of OBI-998 revealed that total antibody and the conjugated antibody exhibited similar pharmacokinetic profiles, suggesting OBI-998 is highly stable in vivo. The biodistribution study in HCC1428 tumor-bearing mice indicated that MMAE accumulated in the tumor site at a higher level compared with other blood-rich organs. In addition, the MMAE levels in tumors reached peak level at 24 hours post-treatment, which was much higher than the maximum levels in other organs, and the level was sustained for 168 hours with tumor-to-muscle ratio of 329. OBI-998 is a novel ADC targeting SSEA-4 that possesses desired properties such as high target specificity, rapid internalization, potent cytotoxicity, and significant bystander effects. Furthermore, OBI-998 showed a high level of deposition and a persistent presence of MMAE in tumors and significant anti-tumor efficacy in a variety of animal models. Taken together, these results support the further development of OBI-998 as a therapeutic agent for SSEA-4-targeting cancer therapy. Citation Format: I-Ju Chen, Chun-Chung Wang, Chi-Sheng Shia, Chung-Chen Su, Chi-Huan Lu, Hui-Wen Chang, Ping-Tzu Chiu, Yueh-Chin Wu, Ming-Tain Lai, Wei-Chien Tang, Hsin-Yi Tung, Ren-Yu Hsu. Preclinical characterization of a novel SSEA-4-targeting antibody drug conjugate, OBI-998 [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2021; 2021 Apr 10-15 and May 17-21. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2021;81(13_Suppl):Abstract nr 955.
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