ArticlePharmaceutics2023
A Novel Fibromodulin Antagonist Peptide RP4 Exerts Antitumor Effects on Colorectal Cancer.
Article in Pharmaceutics, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- Fibromodulin positively regulated by Androgen Receptor, promotes prostate cancer progression via the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway and epithelial-medenchymal transition.Molecular biology reports · 2026Article
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- Proteoglycans in Breast Cancer: Friends and Foes.Biomolecules · 2025Review
- LTBP2 promotes meningioma progression by enhancing glycolysis via the PI3K/AKT/mTOR/c-Myc signaling pathway.Discover oncology · 2025Article
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- A novel PDPN antagonist peptide CY12-RP2 inhibits melanoma growth via Wnt/β-catenin and modulates the immune cells.Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR · 2024Article
- Fibromodulin overexpression drives oral squamous cell carcinoma via activating downstream EGFR signaling.iScience · 2023Article
- Small leucine rich proteoglycans: Biology, function and their therapeutic potential in the ocular surface.The ocular surface · 2023Review
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Abstract
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Fibromodulin (FMOD) is the main proteoglycan that contributes to extracellular matrix (ECM) remodeling by binding to matrix molecules, thereby playing an essential role in tumor growth and metastasis. There are still no useful drugs that target FMOD for CRC treatment in clinics. Here, we first used public whole-genome expression datasets to analyze the expression level of FMOD in CRC and found that FMOD was upregulated in CRC and associated with poor patient prognosis. We then used the Ph.D.-12 phage display peptide library to obtain a novel FMOD antagonist peptide, named RP4, and tested its anti-cancer effects of RP4 in vitro and in vivo. These results showed that RP4 inhibited CRC cell growth and metastasis, and promoted apoptosis both in vitro and in vivo by binding to FMOD. In addition, RP4 treatment affected the CRC-associated immune microenvironment in a tumor model by promoting cytotoxic CD8
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