Bee venom-loaded EGFR-targeting peptide-coupled chitosan nanoparticles for effective therapy of hepatocellular carcinoma by inhibiting EGFR-mediated MEK/ERK pathway

• Shaymaa Abdulmalek,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Resources, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt

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• Nouf Mostafa,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation

  Affiliations Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt, Plant Protection Research Institute, Agriculture Research Center, Giza, Egypt

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• Marwa Gomaa,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Plant Protection Research Institute, Agriculture Research Center, Giza, Egypt

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• Mohamed El‑Kersh,

  Roles Data curation, Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt

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• Ayman I. Elkady,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt

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• Mahmoud Balbaa

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mahmoud.balbaa@alexu.edu.eg

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0876-6604

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