Evidence map›Paper›PMID 36614268›Full record

ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2023

Peptide Drug Conjugates and Their Role in Cancer Therapy.

Ethan Heh, Jesse Allen, Fabiola Ramirez, Daniel Lovasz, Lorena Fernandez, Tanis Hogg, Hannah Riva, Nathan Holland, Jessica Chacon

Open access · goldAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
40citing papers in PubMed
17.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

40 citing papers in PubMed, 76 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Review
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Review
  7. Review
  8. Review
  9. Review
  10. Review
  11. Review
  12. Review
  13. Review
  14. Peptide-Drug Conjugates: A New Hope for Cancer.Journal of peptide science : an official publication of the European Peptide Society · 2025
    Review
  15. Review
  16. Review
  17. Review
  18. Review
  19. Article
  20. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ethan HehPaul L. Foster School of Medicine, Department of Medical Education, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, TX 79905, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4397-2219
Jesse AllenPaul L. Foster School of Medicine, Department of Medical Education, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, TX 79905, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4375-0712
Fabiola RamirezPaul L. Foster School of Medicine, Department of Medical Education, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, TX 79905, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0329-5647
Daniel LovaszPaul L. Foster School of Medicine, Department of Medical Education, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, TX 79905, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9213-1467
Lorena FernandezPaul L. Foster School of Medicine, Department of Medical Education, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, TX 79905, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0795-1066
Tanis HoggPaul L. Foster School of Medicine, Department of Medical Education, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, TX 79905, USA.
Hannah RivaPaul L. Foster School of Medicine, Department of Medical Education, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, TX 79905, USA.
Nathan HollandPaul L. Foster School of Medicine, Department of Medical Education, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, TX 79905, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6268-4856
Jessica ChaconPaul L. Foster School of Medicine, Department of Medical Education, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, TX 79905, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3657-7528
Texas Tech University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Drug conjugates have become a significant focus of research in the field of targeted medicine for cancer treatments. Peptide-drug conjugates (PDCs), a subset of drug conjugates, are composed of carrier peptides ranging from 5 to 30 amino acid residues, toxic payloads, and linkers that connect the payload to the peptide. PDCs are further broken down into cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs) and cell-targeting peptides (CTPs), each having their own differences in the delivery of cytotoxic payloads. Generally, PDCs as compared to other drug conjugates-like antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs)-have advantages in tumor penetration, ease of synthesis and cost, and reduced off-target effects. Further, as compared to traditional cancer treatments (e.g., chemotherapy and radiation), PDCs have higher specificity for the target cancer with generally less toxic side effects in smaller doses. However, PDCs can have disadvantages such as poor stability and rapid renal clearance due to their smaller size and limited oral bioavailability due to digestion of its peptide structure. Some of these challenges can be overcome with modifications, and despite drawbacks, the intrinsic small size of PDCs with high target specificity still makes them an attractive area of research for cancer treatments.

Indexed as

Antineoplastic AgentsCell-Penetrating PeptidesImmunoconjugatesNeoplasmsAntibodies, MonoclonalAntigensHumansPharmaceutical PreparationsAntibodies, MonoclonalAntigensAntineoplastic AgentsCell-Penetrating PeptidesImmunoconjugatesPharmaceutical Preparationsbioconjugatescarrierlinkerpayloadpeptide-drug conjugates

Identifiers

PMID36614268
PMCPMC9820985
OpenAlexW4313516642

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.