Shearing of surface mucin saps tumor cell strength.

Trends Pharmacol Sci

Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel. Electronic address:

Published: November 2023

Aberrant expression of transmembrane mucins promotes tumor progression and interferes with immunological and medicinal elimination of cancer cells. In a recent article, Pedram et al. directed an attenuated bacterial mucin-specific protease to HER2-positive tumor cells and observed decreased tumor growth rates and extended survival of mice bearing HER2-positive tumors.

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