Advances in the treatment of gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine carcinomas: are we moving forward?

R Garcia-Carbonero, B Anton-Pascual… - Endocrine …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Poorly differentiated gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine carcinomas are aggressive
neoplasms of challenging clinical management. A small proportion of patients with early …

Recent advances in targeting the urokinase plasminogen activator with nanotherapeutics

AA Kumar, KL Vine, M Ranson - Molecular Pharmaceutics, 2023 - ACS Publications
The aberrant proteolytic landscape of the tumor microenvironment is a key contributor of
cancer progression. Overexpression of urokinase plasminogen activator (uPA) and/or its …

[HTML][HTML] Potential of UPAR, Αvβ6 integrin, and tissue factor as targets for molecular imaging of oral squamous cell carcinoma: evaluation of nine targets in primary …

M Lawaetz, A Christensen, K Juhl, K Karnov… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
No clinically approved tumor-specific imaging agents for head and neck cancer are currently
available. The identification of biomarkers with a high and homogenous expression in tumor …

[HTML][HTML] Side-by-side comparison of uPAR-targeting optical imaging antibodies and antibody fragments for fluorescence-guided surgery of solid tumors

VM Baart, L van Manen, SS Bhairosingh… - Molecular Imaging and …, 2021 - Springer
Purpose Radical resection is paramount for curative oncological surgery. Fluorescence-
guided surgery (FGS) aids in intraoperative identification of tumor-positive resection …

[HTML][HTML] Targeted imaging of uPAR expression in vivo with cyclic AE105 variants

JM Leth, EA Newcombe, AL Grønnemose… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
A comprehensive literature reports on the correlation between elevated levels of urokinase-
type plasminogen activator receptor (uPAR) and the severity of diseases with chronic …

Recent Progress in Peptide-Based Molecular Probes for Disease Bioimaging

Y Xu, J Chen, Y Zhang, P Zhang - Biomacromolecules, 2024 - ACS Publications
Recent strides in molecular pathology have unveiled distinctive alterations at the molecular
level throughout the onset and progression of diseases. Enhancing the in vivo visualization …

[HTML][HTML] Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator Receptor (uPAR) Cooperates with Mutated KRAS in Regulating Cellular Plasticity and Gemcitabine Response in …

L Peng, Y Li, S Yao, J Gaedcke, VM Baart, CFM Sier… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas (PDACs) with gene amplification or
overexpression of urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor (uPAR) have a particularly …

[HTML][HTML] Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator Receptor (uPAR) Expression and [64Cu]Cu-DOTA-AE105 uPAR-PET/CT in Patient-Derived Xenograft Models of Oral …

M Lawaetz, T Binderup, A Christensen, K Juhl… - Molecular Imaging and …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Purpose [64Cu] Cu-DOTA-AE105 urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor
(uPAR)-PET/CT is a novel and promising imaging modality for cancer visualization, although …

[HTML][HTML] Diagnostic Value of Preoperative uPAR-PET/CT in Regional Lymph Node Staging of Oral and Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Prospective …

M Lawaetz, A Christensen, K Juhl, G Lelkaitis… - Diagnostics, 2023 - mdpi.com
The detection of lymph node metastases is a major challenge in oral and oropharyngeal
squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC and OPSCC). 68Ga-NOTA-AE105 is a novel positron …

uPAR, beyond regulating physiological functions, has orchestrated roles in cancer

L Wang, X Lin, P Sun - International Journal of …, 2022 - spandidos-publications.com
Urokinase‑type plasminogen activator receptor (uPAR) serves as the receptor for uPA and
the uPA‑uPAR complex initiates the extracellular matrix degradation cascade. In cancer …