A lot of effort has been devoted to convert phage display-derived peptides to
more stable peptidomimetics and only a few such peptides have been examined in
preclinical trials. The applications of short peptides include radio-isotope labelling for
imaging purposes and targeting a virus or nanoparticle to specific tissue or cell.
Keywords: Cancer, Integrins, Peptides, Proteinases, Tumor Invasion.
