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Design, Synthesis, Characterization And Anti-Cancer Effects Evaluation Of Interchain Cysteine Linked Antibody Drug Conjugates, Ke Li Jan 2019

Design, Synthesis, Characterization And Anti-Cancer Effects Evaluation Of Interchain Cysteine Linked Antibody Drug Conjugates, Ke Li

Doctoral Dissertations

"Antibody drug conjugates (ADCs) are emerging therapeutic products specially designed for the treatment of cancers. Potent cytotoxic agents are linked to antibodies via linkers. Antibody drug conjugates, which take advantage of both antibodies and cytotoxic agents, showed high selectivity towards cancer cells. Cytotoxic agents are delivered to the cancer cells selectively and kill them from inside while leaving low or non-toxicity towards normal cells. Antibody drug conjugates are actually heterogeneous mixtures. The major heterogeneities mainly lie in the drug to antibody ratio (DAR) and drug linking positions, both of which potentially affect the therapeutic index of ADCs. In this research, …


Investigating Combinatorial Approaches In Virtual Screening On Human Inducible 6-Phosphofructo-2-Kinase/Fructose-2,6-Bisphosphatase (Pfkfb3): A Case Study For Small Molecule Kinases, Robert B. Crochet, Michael C. Cavalier, Minsuh Seo, Jeong Do Kim, Young Sun Yim, Seung Jong Park, Yong Hwan Lee Nov 2011

Investigating Combinatorial Approaches In Virtual Screening On Human Inducible 6-Phosphofructo-2-Kinase/Fructose-2,6-Bisphosphatase (Pfkfb3): A Case Study For Small Molecule Kinases, Robert B. Crochet, Michael C. Cavalier, Minsuh Seo, Jeong Do Kim, Young Sun Yim, Seung Jong Park, Yong Hwan Lee

Computer Science Faculty Research & Creative Works

Efforts toward improving the predictiveness in tier-based approaches to virtual screening (VS) have mainly focused on protein kinases. Despite their significance as drug targets, small molecule kinases have been rarely tested with these approaches. In this paper, we investigate the efficacy of a pharmacophore screening-combined structure-based docking approach on the human inducible 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase/fructose-2,6-bisphosphatase, an emerging target for cancer chemotherapy. Six out of a total 1364 compounds from NCI's Diversity Set II were selected as true actives via throughput screening. Using a database constructed from these compounds, five programs were tested for structure-based docking (SBD) performance, the MOE of which showed …


Microwave Reflectometry As A Novel Diagnostic Tool For Detection Of Skin Cancers, Pratik Mehta, Kundan Chand, Deepak Narayanswamy, Daryl G. Beetner, R. Zoughi, William V. Stoecker Aug 2006

Microwave Reflectometry As A Novel Diagnostic Tool For Detection Of Skin Cancers, Pratik Mehta, Kundan Chand, Deepak Narayanswamy, Daryl G. Beetner, R. Zoughi, William V. Stoecker

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

More than 1 000 000 people are diagnosed with skin cancer each year in the United States, and more than 10 000 people die from the disease. Methods such as visual inspection and dermoscopy are available for early detection of skin cancers, but improvement in accuracy is needed. This paper investigates the use of microwave reflectometry as a potential diagnostic tool for detection of skin cancers. Open-ended coaxial probes were used to measure microwave properties of skin. The influences of measurement parameters such as probe application pressure, power level, and variation in reflection properties of skin with location and hydration …