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List of works by Alexandra Hockla

A potent, proteolysis-resistant inhibitor of kallikrein-related peptidase 6 (KLK6) for cancer therapy, developed by combinatorial engineering

scientific article published in Journal of Biological Chemistry

An Acrobatic Substrate Metamorphosis Reveals a Requirement for Substrate Conformational Dynamics in Trypsin Proteolysis

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Combinatorial protein engineering of proteolytically resistant mesotrypsin inhibitors as candidates for cancer therapy

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Disulfide engineering of human Kunitz-type serine protease inhibitors enhances proteolytic stability and target affinity toward mesotrypsin

scientific article published on 30 January 2019

Mapping protein selectivity landscapes using multi-target selective screening and next-generation sequencing of combinatorial libraries

scientific article published in Nature Communications

Mesotrypsin Has Evolved Four Unique Residues to Cleave Trypsin Inhibitors as Substrates

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Mesotrypsin promotes malignant growth of breast cancer cells through shedding of CD109

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PEGylation Extends Circulation Half-Life While Preserving In Vitro and In Vivo Activity of Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinases-1 (TIMP-1)

scientific article published on November 20, 2012

PRSS3/Mesotrypsin Is a Therapeutic Target for Metastatic Prostate Cancer

scientific article published on December 1, 2012

PRSS3/Mesotrypsin and kallikrein-related peptidase 5 are associated with poor prognosis and contribute to tumor cell invasion and growth in lung adenocarcinoma

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

Pre-equilibrium competitive library screening for tuning inhibitor association rate and specificity toward serine proteases

scientific article published on 13 March 2018

Sequence and conformational specificity in substrate recognition: several human Kunitz protease inhibitor domains are specific substrates of mesotrypsin.

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Serine protease inhibitor Kazal type 1 (SPINK1) drives proliferation and anoikis resistance in a subset of ovarian cancers

scientific article published on 30 September 2015

Structural basis for accelerated cleavage of bovine pancreatic trypsin inhibitor (BPTI) by human mesotrypsin

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Targeting an autocrine IL-6-SPINK1 signaling axis to suppress metastatic spread in ovarian clear cell carcinoma

scientific article published on 14 September 2020

The P 2 ′ residue is a key determinant of mesotrypsin specificity: engineering a high-affinity inhibitor with anticancer activity

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Tumor cell-produced matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP-9) drives malignant progression and metastasis of basal-like triple negative breast cancer

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