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      Biosystems engineering of prokaryotes with tumor-killing capacities

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      Author(s)
      Kalyoncu, E.
      Olmez, T. T.
      Ozkan, A. D.
      Sarioglu, O. F.
      Date
      2016
      Source Title
      Current Pharmaceutical Design
      Print ISSN
      1381-6128
      Electronic ISSN
      1873-4286
      Publisher
      Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
      Volume
      22
      Issue
      11
      Pages
      1521 - 1528
      Language
      English
      Type
      Article
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      Abstract
      Certain bacteria selectively attack tumor tissues and trigger tumor shrinkage by producing toxins and modulating the local immune system, but their clinical utility is limited because of the dangers posed by systemic infection. Genetic engineering can be used to minimize the risks associated with tumor-targeting pathogens, as well as to increase their efficiency in killing tumor cells. Advances in genetic circuit design have led to the development of bacterial strains with enhanced tumor-targeting capacities and the ability to secrete therapeutics, cytotoxic proteins and prodrug-cleaving enzymes, which allows their safe and effective use for cancer treatment. The present review details the recent advances in the design and application of these modified bacterial strains.
      Keywords
      Bifidobacterium
      Cancer therapy
      Clostridium
      Live vaccines
      Prodrug cleavage
      Salmonella
      Synthetic biology
      Antineoplastic agent
      Cytotoxic factor
      Drug carrier
      Flucytosine
      Fluorouracil
      Ganciclovir
      Live vaccine
      Probiotic agent
      Tretazicar
      Unclassified drug
      Vnp 20009
      Antibiotic therapy
      Antineoplastic activity
      Article
      Bacterial membrane
      Bacterial strain
      Bifidobacterium
      Cancer diagnosis
      Cancer recurrence
      Cancer therapy
      CD8+ T lymphocyte
      Cell infiltration
      Clostridium
      Colony forming unit
      Drug activation
      Drug delivery system
      Escherichia
      Gene transfer
      Genetic engineering
      Immune response
      Immunogenicity
      Metastasis
      Natural killer T cell
      Nonhuman
      Oxygen concentration
      Phase 2 clinical trial (topic)
      Priority journal
      Prokaryote
      Salmonella
      Target cell
      Tumor microenvironment
      Type III secretion system
      Animal
      Bacterium
      Biological therapy
      Cytology
      Genetics
      Human
      Metabolism
      Microbiology
      Neoplasms
      Pathophysiology
      Prokaryotic cell
      Animals
      Bacteria
      Biological therapy
      Humans
      Neoplasms
      Prokaryotic cells
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      http://hdl.handle.net/11693/36631
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      http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1381612822666151210123752
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