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The cytotoxcity of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">hGrB<\/jats:styled-content>\u2010<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">TV<\/jats:styled-content> on <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">VEGFR<\/jats:styled-content>\u20102 (Flk\u20101)<jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup> <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">OSCC<\/jats:styled-content>\u00a0cells was analyzed <jats:italic>in\u00a0vitro<\/jats:italic>. The antitumor therapeutic study was conducted on <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">OSCC<\/jats:styled-content> xenografts <jats:italic>in\u00a0vivo<\/jats:italic>.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The purified <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">hGrB<\/jats:styled-content>\u2010<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">TV<\/jats:styled-content> fusion protein was selectively internalized into <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">VEGFR<\/jats:styled-content>\u20102 (Flk\u20101)<jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup> <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">OSCC<\/jats:styled-content> cells\u00a0and endothelial cells. It can cleave inactive caspase 3 into its active p20 form. The <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">hGrB<\/jats:styled-content>\u2010<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">TV<\/jats:styled-content> showed dose\u2010dependent cytotoxicity on <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">VEGFR<\/jats:styled-content>\u20102<jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup> <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">SCC<\/jats:styled-content>\u20109 cells. The morphological changes and cytolysis were appeared within dozen minutes. However, no cytotoxicity was observed on <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">VEGFR<\/jats:styled-content>\u20102<jats:sup>\u2212<\/jats:sup> cells. The <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">hGrB<\/jats:styled-content> alone or <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">tVEGF<\/jats:styled-content> alone did not have any toxicity on <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">SCC<\/jats:styled-content>\u20109 cells. In addition, <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">hGrB<\/jats:styled-content>\u2010<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">TV<\/jats:styled-content> treatment completely destroyed the vasculature of the chick chorioallantoic membrane (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CAM<\/jats:styled-content>) <jats:italic>in\u00a0vivo<\/jats:italic> and consequently led to chick embryo development arrest. 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