Activation of the EGF receptor by ligand binding and oncogenic mutations: the “rotation model”

ER Purba, E Saita, IN Maruyama - Cells, 2017 - mdpi.com
The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) plays vital roles in cellular processes including
cell proliferation, survival, motility, and differentiation. The dysregulated activation of the …

[HTML][HTML] Oncogenic mutant forms of EGFR: lessons in signal transduction and targets for cancer therapy

G Pines, WJ Köstler, Y Yarden - FEBS letters, 2010 - Elsevier
The EGF-receptor is frequently mutated in a large variety of tumors. Here we review the most
frequent mutations and conclude that they commonly enhance the intrinsic tyrosine kinase …

Evaluation of ThyroSeq v2 performance in thyroid nodules with indeterminate cytology

P Valderrabano, L Khazai, ME Leon… - Endocrine-related …, 2017 - erc.bioscientifica.com
Androgen receptor (AR), a steroid hormone receptor, is critical for prostate cancer growth.
However, activation of AR by androgens can also lead to growth suppression and …

Phase II Trial of MEK Inhibitor Selumetinib (AZD6244, ARRY-142886) in Patients with BRAFV600E/K-Mutated Melanoma

F Catalanotti, DB Solit, MP Pulitzer, MF Berger… - Clinical Cancer …, 2013 - AACR
Purpose: Test the hypothesis that in BRAF-mutated melanomas, clinical responses to
selumetinib, a MEK inhibitor, will be restricted to tumors in which the PI3K/AKT pathway is …

Novel functionalized spiro [Indoline-3, 5′-pyrroline]-2, 2′ dione derivatives: synthesis, characterization, drug-likeness, ADME, and anticancer potential

M Asif, SS Alvi, T Azaz, AR Khan, B Tiwari… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
A highly stereo-selective, one-pot, multicomponent method was chosen to synthesize the
novel functionalized 1, 3-cycloaddition spirooxindoles (SOXs)(4a–4h). Synthesized SOXs …

Long chain fatty Acyl-CoA synthetase 4 is a biomarker for and mediator of hormone resistance in human breast cancer

X Wu, Y Li, J Wang, X Wen, MT Marcus, G Daniels… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
The purpose of this study was to determine the role of long-chain fatty acyl-CoA synthetase 4
(ACSL4) in breast cancer. Public databases were utilized to analyze the relationship …

[HTML][HTML] ACSL4 promotes prostate cancer growth, invasion and hormonal resistance

X Wu, F Deng, Y Li, G Daniels, X Du, Q Ren, J Wang… - Oncotarget, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Increases in fatty acid metabolism have been demonstrated to promote the growth and
survival of a variety of cancers, including prostate cancer (PCa). Here, we examine the …

Signal integration: a framework for understanding the efficacy of therapeutics targeting the human EGFR family

HM Shepard, CM Brdlik… - The Journal of clinical …, 2008 - Am Soc Clin Investig
The human EGFR (HER) family is essential for communication between many epithelial
cancer cell types and the tumor microenvironment. Therapeutics targeting the HER family …

Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) mutation analysis, gene expression profiling and EGFR protein expression in primary prostate cancer

C Peraldo-Neia, G Migliardi, M Mello-Grand… - BMC cancer, 2011 - Springer
Background Activating mutations of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) confer
sensitivity to the tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKi), gefitinib and erlotinib. We analysed EGFR …

Uncovering patterns of atomic interactions in static and dynamic structures of proteins

AJ Venkatakrishnan, R Fonseca, AK Ma… - BioRxiv, 2019 - biorxiv.org
The number of structures and molecular dynamics simulations of proteins is exploding
owing to dramatic advances in cryo-electron microscopy, crystallography, and computing …