The present invention relates to a composition comprising a
skin keratinocyte-derived
extracellular matrix as an
active ingredient as an
active ingredient for the prevention, alleviation, or treatment of
cancer. The composition for preventing, alleviating, or treating
cancer of the present invention contains an
extracellular matrix derived from
skin keratinocytes as an
active ingredient, thereby significantly reducing only the proliferation of
cancer cells without exhibiting side effects such as
cytotoxicity in normal cells such as fibroblasts constituting the
dermis of
normal skin. In addition, the composition for preventing, alleviating, or treating cancer of the present invention was observed to: have the effect of suppressing the proliferation of MDA-MB-231, which cannot be expected to be greatly responsive to targeted therapies and currently lacks effective treatments, in addition to MCF7 among
breast cancer cells; be able to remarkably inhibit the proliferation of Caki-1 and Caki-2, which are
clear cell carcinomas classified as intractable cancer among
kidney cancer cells and known to have many
distant metastasis recurrences; and significantly reduce the proliferation of PANC-1, which is a
pancreatic cancer cell line classified as
refractory cancer that is difficult to detect early among cancer cells and is found in the
late stage when
surgery and treatment are limited, as well as having low treatment responsiveness to the latest
immunotherapy drugs and low treatment responsiveness to
targeted therapy and traditional
chemotherapy. Furthermore, the composition for preventing, alleviating, or treating cancer of the present invention can be applied not only to
breast cancer,
kidney cancer, and
pancreatic cancer, but also to the treatment of various carcinomas and
solid cancers occurring on the
skin. Moreover, the composition for preventing, alleviating, or treating cancer of the present invention can be used as a therapeutic agent in combination with other anticancer agents. Additionally, the composition for preventing, alleviating, or treating cancer of the present invention can be used in a treatment method for reducing the size of cancer before
surgery without side effects, unlike traditional
chemotherapy, through intratumoral injection.