Targeting cell surface proteoglycans with high affinity multimeric ligands and their cytotoxic conjugates – towards precision medicine for pancreatic cancer

2021/43/B/NZ1/00245

Keywords

Descriptors

  • NZ1_009: Biotechnologia
  • NZ1_002: Biochemia
  • NZ3_007: Przekaźnictwo sygnału

Panel

NZ1 – Molecular biology, structural biology, biotechnology: molecular biology, structural biology, biotechnology

Host institution

Uniwersytet Wrocławski, Wydział Biotechnologii

Voivodeship: dolnośląskie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution)

dr hab. Łukasz Opaliński

Number of co-investigators in the project: 6

Call

OPUS 22 – announced on 2021-09-15

Amount awarded
1 964 000 PLN
Project start date
2022-10-03
Project end date
2027-10-02
Project duration
60 months (the same as in the proposal)
Project status
Pending project

Project description

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Information in the final report

Publication in academic press/journals (7)

  1. Glycosylation of FGF/FGFR: An underrated sweet code regulating cellular signaling programs

    Authors:
    Gędaj A, Gregorczyk P, Żukowska D, Chorążewska A, Ciura K, Kalka M, Porębska N, Opaliński Ł
    Academic press:
    Cytokines and Growth Factor Reviews (year: 2024, volume: 77, pages: 39-55), Publisher: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.cytogfr.2024.04.001 – link to the publication
  2. Dissecting the specificity of sugar code recognition - Unleashing the biomedical potential of galectins by protein engineering

    Authors:
    Marta Kalka , Julia Ptak , Paulina Gregorczyk , Krzysztof Ciura , Aleksandra Chorążewska , Subhradeep Haldar , Natalia Porębska , Ewa Marcinkowska, Łukasz Opaliński
    Academic press:
    Biotechnology Advances (year: 2025, volume: 84, pages: 108681), Publisher: ELSEVIER
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.biotechadv.2025.108681 – link to the publication
  3. Reprogramming FGF1 from the natural growth factor to the engineered heparan sulphate biosensor

    Authors:
    Krzysztof Ciura, Olimpia Sobota, Aleksandra Chorążewska, Daniel Krowarsch, Natalia Porębska, Łukasz Opaliński
    Academic press:
    Cell Communication and Signaling (year: 2025, volume: 23, pages: 248), Publisher: Springer
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1186/s12964-025-02269-x – link to the publication
  4. Multivalent protein-drug conjugates - An emerging strategy for the upgraded precision and efficiency of drug delivery to cancer cells

    Authors:
    Porebska N, Ciura K, Chorazewska A, Zakrzewska M, Otlewski J, Opalinski Ł
    Academic press:
    Biotechnology Advances (year: 2023, volume: 67, pages: 108213), Publisher: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.biotechadv.2023.108213 – link to the publication
  5. Targeting HER2 and FGFR-positive cancer cells with a bispecific cytotoxic conjugate combining anti-HER2 Affibody and FGF2

    Authors:
    Krzyscik M, Porebska N, Opalinski Ł, Otlewski J
    Academic press:
    International Journal of Biological Macromolecules (year: 2023, volume: 254, pages: 127657), Publisher: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.127657 – link to the publication
  6. Innately Fluorescent Tetravalent Cytotoxic Conjugate TetraFHER2-vcMMAE Engages Aggregation-Dependent Endocytosis of HER2 for Enhanced Intracellular Drug Delivery

    Authors:
    Natalia Porębska, Aleksandra Chorążewska, Krzysztof Ciura, Adam Pomorski, Artur Krężel, Łukasz Opaliński
    Academic press:
    Journal of Medicinal Chemistry (year: 2025, volume: 68, pages: 13872-13886), Publisher: ACS
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5c00782 – link to the publication
  7. N-glycosylation acts as a switch for FGFR1 trafficking between the plasma membrane and nuclear envelope

    Authors:
    Autor/Autorzy Gregorczyk P, Porebska N, Zukowska D, Chorazewska A, Gedaj A, Malinowska A, Otlewski J, Zakrzewska M, Opalinski Ł
    Academic press:
    Cell Communication and Signaling (year: 2023, volume: 21 (1), pages: 177), Publisher: BMC
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1186/s12964-023-01203-3 – link to the publication

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