Search Results - "Agerbæk, Mette Ø."
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Author Correction: The VAR2CSA malaria protein efficiently retrieves circulating tumor cells in an EpCAM-independent manner
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An Oncofetal Glycosaminoglycan Modification Provides Therapeutic Access to Cisplatin-resistant Bladder Cancer
Published in European urology (01-07-2017)“…Abstract Background Although cisplatin-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) improves survival of unselected patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer…”
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The VAR2CSA malaria protein efficiently retrieves circulating tumor cells in an EpCAM-independent manner
Published in Nature communications (16-08-2018)“…Isolation of metastatic circulating tumor cells (CTCs) from cancer patients is of high value for disease monitoring and molecular characterization. Despite the…”
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Targeting Human Cancer by a Glycosaminoglycan Binding Malaria Protein
Published in Cancer cell (12-10-2015)“…Plasmodium falciparum engineer infected erythrocytes to present the malarial protein, VAR2CSA, which binds a distinct type chondroitin sulfate (CS) exclusively…”
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Fighting Cancer Using an Oncofetal Glycosaminoglycan-Binding Protein from Malaria Parasites
Published in Trends in parasitology (01-03-2019)“…Malaria research has led to the discovery of oncofetal chondroitin sulfate, which appears to be shared between placental trophoblasts and cancer cells and can…”
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Combined microfluidic enrichment and staining workflow for single-cell analysis of circulating tumor cells in metastatic prostate cancer patients
Published in Scientific reports (30-07-2024)“…Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are precursors of cancer in the blood and provide an attractive source for dynamic monitoring of disease progression and tumor…”
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Combining rVAR2 and Anti-EpCAM to Increase the Capture Efficiency of Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Cell Lines in the Flow Enrichment Target Capture Halbach (FETCH) Magnetic Separation System
Published in International journal of molecular sciences (11-09-2024)“…Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are detected in approximately 30% of metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cases using the CellSearch system, which…”
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Structural and Functional Insight into How the Plasmodium falciparum VAR2CSA Protein Mediates Binding to Chondroitin Sulfate A in Placental Malaria
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (06-07-2012)“…Malaria is a major global health problem. Pregnant women are susceptible to infection regardless of previously acquired immunity. Placental malaria is caused…”
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A Novel Virus-Like Particle Based Vaccine Platform Displaying the Placental Malaria Antigen VAR2CSA
Published in PloS one (23-11-2015)“…Placental malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum is a major cause of mortality and severe morbidity. Clinical testing of a soluble protein-based vaccine…”
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The Role of Proteoglycans in Cancer Metastasis and Circulating Tumor Cell Analysis
Published in Frontiers in cell and developmental biology (26-08-2020)“…Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are accessible by liquid biopsies via an easy blood draw. They represent not only the primary tumor site, but also potential…”
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Cryo-EM reveals the architecture of placental malaria VAR2CSA and provides molecular insight into chondroitin sulfate binding
Published in Nature communications (19-05-2021)“…Placental malaria can have severe consequences for both mother and child and effective vaccines are lacking. Parasite-infected red blood cells sequester in the…”
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The Influence of Sub-Unit Composition and Expression System on the Functional Antibody Response in the Development of a VAR2CSA Based Plasmodium falciparum Placental Malaria Vaccine
Published in PloS one (01-09-2015)“…The disease caused by Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) involves different clinical manifestations that, cumulatively, kill hundreds of thousands every year…”
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Oncofetal Chondroitin Sulfate Glycosaminoglycans Are Key Players in Integrin Signaling and Tumor Cell Motility
Published in Molecular cancer research (01-12-2016)“…Many tumors express proteoglycans modified with oncofetal chondroitin sulfate glycosaminoglycan chains (ofCS), which are normally restricted to the placenta…”
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Optimization of rVAR2-Based Isolation of Cancer Cells in Blood for Building a Robust Assay for Clinical Detection of Circulating Tumor Cells
Published in International journal of molecular sciences (31-03-2020)“…Early detection and monitoring of cancer progression is key to successful treatment. Therefore, much research is invested in developing technologies, enabling…”
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Capture and Detection of Circulating Glioma Cells Using the Recombinant VAR2CSA Malaria Protein
Published in Cells (Basel, Switzerland) (28-08-2019)“…Diffuse gliomas are the most common primary malignant brain tumor. Although extracranial metastases are rarely observed, recent studies have shown the presence…”
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CTC-derived pancreatic cancer models serve as research tools and are suitable for precision medicine approaches
Published in Cell reports. Medicine (17-09-2024)“…Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) poses significant clinical challenges, often presenting as unresectable with limited biopsy options. Here, we show that…”
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Detection of VAR2CSA-Captured Colorectal Cancer Cells from Blood Samples by Real-Time Reverse Transcription PCR
Published in Cancers (23-11-2021)“…Analysis of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) from blood samples provides a non-invasive approach for early cancer detection. However, the rarity of CTCs makes it…”
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Burkitt lymphoma expresses oncofetal chondroitin sulfate without being a reservoir for placental malaria sequestration
Published in International journal of cancer (01-04-2017)“…Burkitt lymphoma (BL) is a malignant disease, which is frequently found in areas with holoendemic Plasmodium falciparum malaria. We have previously found that…”
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A simple method for detecting oncofetal chondroitin sulfate glycosaminoglycans in bladder cancer urine
Published in Cell death discovery (27-07-2020)“…Proteoglycans in bladder tumors are modified with a distinct oncofetal chondroitin sulfate (ofCS) glycosaminoglycan that is normally restricted to placental…”
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Tumor-agnostic cancer therapy using antibodies targeting oncofetal chondroitin sulfate
Published in Nature communications (30-08-2024)“…Molecular similarities between embryonic and malignant cells can be exploited to target tumors through specific signatures absent in healthy adult tissues. One…”
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