Publications by authors named "Philipp Bierholz"
Exp Hematol Oncol
November 2023
Article Synopsis
- The study looks at how a special chemical (CXCL12) interacts with proteins (CXCR4 and CXCR7) that help tumors grow and spread, especially in germ cell tumors (GCT) like seminoma and yolk-sac tumors.
- Researchers tested a new treatment called CXCR4-NDC, which targets the CXCR4 protein, and found it could kill cancer cells without harming normal cells.
- The findings suggest that this treatment could help fight GCT by stopping tumor cells from growing and moving, and it also revealed how these proteins work together in cancer.
