Junye Xie, Fu Li, Yuling Cai, Jinting Zhang, Yibo Zhang, Zhaodong Zhai, Zijian Su, Xue Chen, Minghua Lei, Rongzhan Liu, Weicai Li, Dianlong Kang, Xiaojia Chen, An Hong
Shark cartilage was created as a cancer-fighting diet because it was believed to have an element that may suppress tumor growth. Due to overfishing, sharks have become endangered recently, making it impossible to harvest natural components from shark cartilage for therapeutic development research. Previously, we identified a peptide SAIF from shark cartilage with an-tiangiogenic and anti-tumor effects, successfully expressed it in Escherichia coli by using genetic engineering techniques. However, we did not elucidate the specific target of SAIF and its antiangiogenic molecular mechanism, which hindered its further drug development...
July 2023: Heliyon