Code
3S011516
Duration
01 January 2016 → 31 December 2019
Funding
Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Promotor
Fellow
Research disciplines
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Natural sciences
- Biochemistry and metabolism
- Systems biology
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Medical and health sciences
- Medical biochemistry and metabolism
- Medical biochemistry and metabolism
- Medical biochemistry and metabolism
Keywords
Akt2/PKB- Beta
Nanobody technology
cancer
Project description
Akt2, has recently gained in importance as a therapeutic target. Although a lot of effort is being put into the development of Akt2-specific inhibitors, to date, no such inhibitor is available. Our group has obtained an Akt2-specific nanobody that triggers mitophagy in breast cancer cells. It is our objective to further characterize this nanobody and determine its therapeutic effect.