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Alfredo E. Cárdenas

The University of Texas at AustinORCID 0000-0002-9687-7979Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:cancer & tumor microenvironment· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Organism:human· 1 Organism:mouse· 1

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Assaf FriedleriD· 1 shared Ehud NeumanniD· 1 shared Eli PikarskyiD· 1 shared Jose' N. Onuchic· 1 shared Merav Darash‐Yahana· 1 shared Ola KarmiiD· 1 shared Rachel NechushtaiiD· 1 shared Ron ElberiD· 1 shared

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Targeting primary and metastatic ovarian cancer with a peptide derived from the human NAF-1/CISD2 protein

Ehud Neumann, Yang Sung Sohn, Ola Karmi, Merav Darash‐Yahana, Alfredo E. Cárdenas, Eli Pikarsky, Ron Elber, Assaf Friedler, Jose' N. Onuchic, Ron Mittler, Rachel Nechushtai

This paper demonstrates that a peptide derived from CISD2/NAF-1 selectively targets and destroys ovarian cancer mitochondria, reducing tumor size and growth in vivo.

Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy · Jun 8, 2026Peer-reviewedCancer Biology