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Leading innovators in peptide-based inhibitors for cancer treatment

Pharmaceutical Technology

As molecular targeting peptides, anti-cancer peptides penetrate the plasma membrane, nuclear membrane, and mitochondrial membrane of cancer cells, exerting pharmacological activity through various mechanisms (such as inhibiting DNA synthesis and cell division), thus causing apoptosis of cancer cells.

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Leading innovators in tetrapeptide derivatives for the pharmaceutical industry

Pharmaceutical Technology

Several tetrapeptides are pharmacologically active, showing affinity and specificity for multiple receptors in protein-protein signalling. In nature, tetrapeptides (CTPs) are both linear and cyclic, with the latter mimicking reverse turns commonly found on the surfaces of proteins and targets for drug therapy.