
Adriana Tomoko Nishiya, Márcia Kazumi Nagamine, Ivone Izabel Mackowiak da Fonseca, Andrea Caringi Miraldo, Náyra Villar Scattone, José Luiz Guerra, José Guilherme Xavier, Mário Santos, Cristina Oliveira Massoco de Salles Gomes, Jerrold M. Ward, Shihui Liu, Stephen H. Leppla, Thomas Bugge, M.L. Dagli,
Canine oral mucosal melanomas (OMM) are the most common oral malignancy in dogs and few treatments are available. Thus, new treatment modalities are needed for this disease. Bacillus anthracis (anthrax) toxin has been reengineered to target tumor cells that express urokinase plasminogen activator (uPA) and metalloproteinases (MMP-2), and has shown antineoplastic effects both, in vitro and in vivo. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of a reengineered anthrax toxin on canine OMM. Five dogs bearing ...
Tópico(s): Rabies epidemiology and control
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