Prodrugs activated by plasmin and their use in cancer chemotherapy

The product of the invention is a modified form of a therapeutic agent and comprises a therapeutic agent, an oligopeptide having a plasmin peptide substrate of 2-4 amino acids and mono- or di-peptide linkage, a stabilizing group and, optionally, a linker group. The prodrug is cleavable by plasmin. A...

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Hauptverfasser: Trouet, Andre, Dubois, Vincent, Passioukov, Alexandre
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:The product of the invention is a modified form of a therapeutic agent and comprises a therapeutic agent, an oligopeptide having a plasmin peptide substrate of 2-4 amino acids and mono- or di-peptide linkage, a stabilizing group and, optionally, a linker group. The prodrug is cleavable by plasmin. Also disclosed are methods of making and using the prodrug compounds.