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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.
Abstract
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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PARP Inhibition Suppresses Growth of EGFR-Mutant Cancers by Targeting Nuclear PKM2

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Crosstalk between Epithelial and Mesenchymal Tissues in Tumorigenesis and Imaginal Disc Development

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Peptide vaccines and targeting HER and VEGF proteins may offer a potentially new paradigm in cancer immunotherapy.

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Design, synthesis, and docking studies of peptidomimetics based on HER2-herceptin binding site with potential antiproliferative activity against breast cancer cell lines.

TL;DR: An in silico screening method and autodock software was used to dock the different analogs of HERP5 and HERP7 with HER2 protein extracellular domain, and compounds that exhibited low‐energy docked structures were chosen for chemical synthesis and biological activity.
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Epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors in the treatment of NSCLC.

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- 01 May 2013 - 
TL;DR: The relevant clinical data, predictive markers available for TKIs treatment in NSCLC, and the mechanisms associated with resistance to treatment with these agents are described are presented.
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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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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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