Use of peptide compounds, method for improving targeting and uptake of liposomes, method for treating and diagnosing patients, diagnostic or imaging test kit and diagnostic or imaging composition therefor

摘要

The present invention relates to targeted cancer therapy, and concerns specifically the use of small matrix metalloproteinase inhibitors in improving targeting of liposomes to cancer cells, and in enhancing the uptake thereof to such cells. The invention thus provides a method for treating cancer, as well as a method for improving targeting of liposomes to tumor cells, a method for enhancing the uptake of liposomes by tumor cells, and a method for selected liposomal delivery of chemotherapeutic agents into tumor cells.