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ERBB receptors and cancer: the complexity of targeted inhibitors.

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This work discusses the significance of these receptors as clinical targets, in particular the molecular mechanisms underlying response, and many ERBB inhibitors used in the clinic.
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ERBB receptor tyrosine kinases have important roles in human cancer. In particular, the expression or activation of epidermal growth factor receptor and ERBB2 are altered in many epithelial tumours, and clinical studies indicate that they have important roles in tumour aetiology and progression. Accordingly, these receptors have been intensely studied to understand their importance in cancer biology and as therapeutic targets, and many ERBB inhibitors are now used in the clinic. We will discuss the significance of these receptors as clinical targets, in particular the molecular mechanisms underlying response.

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MUC4 Overexpression Augments Cell Migration and Metastasis through EGFR Family Proteins in Triple Negative Breast Cancer Cells

TL;DR: MUC4 mucin expression is associated with TNBC pathobiology, and its knockdown reduced aggressiveness in vitro, and tumorigenesis and metastasis in vivo, and overall, the findings suggest that MUC 4 mucin promotes invasive activities of TNBC cells by altering the expression of EGFR, ErbB2, andErbB3 molecules and their downstream signaling.
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EGFR: An essential receptor tyrosine kinase-regulator of cancer stem cells.

TL;DR: It may be of value to simultaneously combine multiple EGFR inhibitors or use EGFR inhibitor with regulators of other important cancer phenotype regulating molecules, such as STAT3, or involved in important processes such as DNA repair.
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The epidermal growth factor receptor gene family as a target for therapeutic intervention in numerous cancers: what’s genetics got to do with it?

TL;DR: The history of the EGFR gene and the v-ErbB oncogene is summarized, as well as diverse approaches developed to inhibit EGFR activity, which show efficacy in the treatment of primary, and prevent the relapse of, breast cancer.
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HER3 is required for the maintenance of neuregulin‐dependent and ‐independent attributes of malignant progression in prostate cancer cells

TL;DR: It is shown that HER3 is required to maintain the motile and invasive phenotypes of prostate and breast cancer cells in response to the HER3 ligand neuregulin‐1 (NRG‐1), epidermal growth factor (EGF) and fetal bovine serum.
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Anti-EGFR-Targeted Therapy for Esophageal and Gastric Cancers: An Evolving Concept.

TL;DR: It appears that tumors of the distal esophagus and gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) may be more sensitive to EGFR blockade than distal gastric adenocarcinomas.
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TL;DR: This work has been supported by the Department of the Army and the National Institutes of Health, and the author acknowledges the support and encouragement of the National Cancer Institute.
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Human breast cancer: correlation of relapse and survival with amplification of the HER-2/neu oncogene

TL;DR: Amplification of the HER-2/neu gene was a significant predictor of both overall survival and time to relapse in patients with breast cancer, and had greater prognostic value than most currently used prognostic factors in lymph node-positive disease.
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Activating mutations in the epidermal growth factor receptor underlying responsiveness of non-small-cell lung cancer to gefitinib

TL;DR: A subgroup of patients with non-small-cell lung cancer have specific mutations in the EGFR gene which correlate with clinical responsiveness to the tyrosine kinase inhibitor gefitinib, and these mutations lead to increased growth factor signaling and confer susceptibility to the inhibitor.
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Use of Chemotherapy plus a Monoclonal Antibody against HER2 for Metastatic Breast Cancer That Overexpresses HER2

TL;DR: The addition of trastuzumab to chemotherapy was associated with a longer time to disease progression, a higher rate of objective response, a longer duration of response, and a lower rate of death at 1 year.
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