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4: Schally AV, Block NL, Rick FG. New therapies for relapsed castration-resistant prostate cancer based on peptide analogs of hypothalamic hormones. Asian J Androl. 2015 Nov-Dec;17(6):925-8. doi: 10.4103/1008-682X.152819. PubMed PMID: 26112478; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4814950.
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8: Krebs LJ, Wang X, Nagy A, Schally AV, Prasad PN, Liebow C. A conjugate of doxorubicin and an analog of Luteinizing Hormone-Releasing Hormone shows increased efficacy against oral and laryngeal cancers. Oral Oncol. 2002 Oct;38(7):657-663. PubMed PMID: 12353491.
9: Seitz S, Buchholz S, Schally AV, Weber F, Klinkhammer-Schalke M, Inwald EC, Perez R, Rick FG, Szalontay L, Hohla F, Segerer S, Kwok CW, Ortmann O, Engel JB. Triple negative breast cancers express receptors for LHRH and are potential therapeutic targets for cytotoxic LHRH-analogs, AEZS 108 and AEZS 125. BMC Cancer. 2014 Nov 19;14:847. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-14-847. PubMed PMID: 25410881; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4289186.
10: Liu SV, Tsao-Wei DD, Xiong S, Groshen S, Dorff TB, Quinn DI, Tai YC, Engel J, Hawes D, Schally AV, Pinski JK. Phase I, dose-escalation study of the targeted cytotoxic LHRH analog AEZS-108 in patients with castration- and taxane-resistant prostate cancer. Clin Cancer Res. 2014 Dec 15;20(24):6277-83. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-14-0489. Epub 2014 Oct 2. PubMed PMID: 25278449.
11: Popovics P, Schally AV, Szalontay L, Block NL, Rick FG. Targeted cytotoxic analog of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH), AEZS-108 (AN-152), inhibits the growth of DU-145 human castration-resistant prostate cancer in vivo and in vitro through elevating p21 and ROS levels. Oncotarget. 2014 Jun 30;5(12):4567-78. PubMed PMID: 24994120; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4147346.
12: Szepeshazi K, Schally AV, Block NL, Halmos G, Nadji M, Szalontay L, Vidaurre I, Abi-Chaker A, Rick FG. Powerful inhibition of experimental human pancreatic cancers by receptor targeted cytotoxic LH-RH analog AEZS-108. Oncotarget. 2013 May;4(5):751-60. PubMed PMID: 23744510; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3742835.
13: Szepeshazi K, Schally AV, Keller G, Block NL, Benten D, Halmos G, Szalontay L, Vidaurre I, Jaszberenyi M, Rick FG. Receptor-targeted therapy of human experimental urinary bladder cancers with cytotoxic LH-RH analog AN-152 [AEZS- 108]. Oncotarget. 2012 Jul;3(7):686-99. PubMed PMID: 22824624; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3443252.
14: Günthert AR, Gründker C, Bongertz T, Schlott T, Nagy A, Schally AV, Emons G. Internalization of cytotoxic analog AN-152 of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone induces apoptosis in human endometrial and ovarian cancer cell lines independent of multidrug resistance-1 (MDR-1) system. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2004 Oct;191(4):1164-72. PubMed PMID: 15507937.
15: Arencibia JM, Schally AV, Krupa M, Bajo AM, Nagy A, Szepeshazi K, Plonowski A. Targeting of doxorubicin to ES-2 human ovarian cancers in nude mice by linking to an analog of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone improves its effectiveness. Int J Oncol. 2001 Sep;19(3):571-7. PubMed PMID: 11494038.
16: Jaszberenyi M, Schally AV, Block NL, Nadji M, Vidaurre I, Szalontay L, Rick FG. Inhibition of U-87 MG glioblastoma by AN-152 (AEZS-108), a targeted cytotoxic analog of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone. Oncotarget. 2013 Mar;4(3):422-32. PubMed PMID: 23518876; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3717305.
17: Günthert AR, Gründker C, Bongertz T, Nagy A, Schally AV, Emons G. Induction of apoptosis by AN-152, a cytotoxic analog of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH), in LHRH-R positive human breast cancer cells is independent of multidrug resistance-1 (MDR-1) system. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2004 Oct;87(3):255-64. PubMed PMID: 15528968.
18: Gründker C, Völker P, Griesinger F, Ramaswamy A, Nagy A, Schally AV, Emons G. Antitumor effects of the cytotoxic luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone analog AN-152 on human endometrial and ovarian cancers xenografted into nude mice. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2002 Sep;187(3):528-37. PubMed PMID: 12237622.
19: Westphalen S, Kotulla G, Kaiser F, Krauss W, Werning G, Elsasser HP, Nagy A, Schulz KD, Grundker C, Schally AV, Emons G. Receptor mediated antiproliferative effects of the cytotoxic LHRH agonist AN-152 in human ovarian and endometrial cancer cell lines. Int J Oncol. 2000 Nov;17(5):1063-9. PubMed PMID: 11029513.
20: Engel J, Emons G, Pinski J, Schally AV. AEZS-108 : a targeted cytotoxic analog of LHRH for the treatment of cancers positive for LHRH receptors. Expert Opin Investig Drugs. 2012 Jun;21(6):891-9. doi: 10.1517/13543784.2012.685128. Review. PubMed PMID: 22577891.