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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Apr 11.
Published in final edited form as: Chem Rev. 2017 Jul 19;117(15):10377–10402. doi: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.7b00100

Table 3.

Summary of Human Cell-Targeting Peptides Derived from Virus Libraries

organism/cell type viral library targeting peptide sequence applications ref
cancer cells human breast carcinoma SKBR-3 f8/8 landscape//M13 phage VSSTQDFP SKBR-3 breast cancer cells internalization 71
basal cell adhesion molecule (BCAM) and laminin subunit alpha 5 (LAMA5) of human colorectal cancer cells Ph.D.-7//M13 phage ASGLLSLTSTLY, SSSLTLKVTSALSRDG impairs adhesion of KRAS mutant colorectal cancer cells to endothelial cells 72
esophageal cancer cells Ph.D.-12//M13 phage RALAHPRDHPDL, ATCSMLLSRNEA early screening of esophageal cancer 73
PPC-1 human prostate carcinoma cell T7 library//T7 phage library (R/K)XX(R/K) PPC-1 human prostate carcinoma cell targeting 74
PC3 human prostate cancer cells in vitro and in vivo Ph.D.-12//M13 phage KQFSALPFNFYT targeted delivery of doxorubicin to prostate cancer cells 75
colon cancer cell line SW480 Ph.D.-7//M13 phage VHLGYAT imaging 76
U87MG malignant glial cell line Ph.D.-12//M13 phage VTWTPQAWFQWV drug delivery 77
hepatocellular carcinoma cell line BEL-7402 Ph.D.-12//M13 phage AGKGTPSLETTP drug delivery 78
cervical carcinoma CX9C//M13 phage C(R/Q)L/RT(G/N)XXG(A/V)GC drug delivery 79
human colorectal cell line WiDr Ph.D.-12//M13 phage HEWSYLAPYPWF gene delivery 80, 81
neuroblastoma and breast cancer cell Ph.D.-12//M13 phage VPWMEPAYQRFL imaging 82, 83
acute myeloid leukemia cells X7 AAV2//adeno-associated virus 2 NQVGSWS acute myeloid leukemia gene therapy 84
HO-8910 ovarian cancer cells Ph.D.-7//M13 phage NPMIRRQ potential ovarian cancer diagnosis tool 85
human gastric adenocarcinoma cancer cells Ph.D.-12//M13 phage ETAPLSTMLSPY peptide can bind to the surface of gastric adenocarcinoma cancer cells and reverse their multidrug resistance 86
IHKDKNAPSLVP high affinity and specificity binding to gastric adenocarcinoma cancer cells 87
HO-8910 ovarian cancer cells; promiscuous ligand targeting of lung and pancreatic cancer cells Ph.D.-C7C//M13 phage SWQIGGN control of ovarian cancer cell migration, viability, invasion, and adhesion capacity 88
F8/9//M13 phage GSLEEVSTL, GEFDELMTM promiscuous ligand targeting of lung and pancreatic cancer cells for targeted doxorubicin delivery 89
stem cells primate embryonic stem cells Ph.D.-12//M13 phage APWHLSSQYSRT imaging 90
human mesenchymal stem cells Ph.D.-7//M13 phage EPLQLKM recruitment of hMSCs 91
human pluripotent stem cell-derived progenitor cell lines Ph.D.-12//M13 phage EWLFEFPTPVDA, DWIATWPDAVRS cell isolation 92
adult neural stem cell surface receptors (one or more) Ph.D.-7//M13 phage KLPGWSG enhanced neural stem cell neuronal differentiation in vitro 93
human embryonic progenitor cell line W10 Ph.D.-12//M13 phage DWLWSFAPNVDT imaging 94