Recent advances in targeting the “undruggable” proteins: from drug discovery to clinical trials

X Xie, T Yu, X Li, N Zhang, LJ Foster, C Peng… - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Undruggable proteins are a class of proteins that are often characterized by large, complex
structures or functions that are difficult to interfere with using conventional drug design …

EGFR in cancer: Signaling mechanisms, drugs, and acquired resistance

ML Uribe, I Marrocco, Y Yarden - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Growth factors are hormone-like molecules able to promote division and
migration of normal cells, but cancer captured the underlying mechanisms to unleash tumor …

EGFR signaling pathway as therapeutic target in human cancers

E Levantini, G Maroni, M Del Re, DG Tenen - Seminars in cancer biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) enacts major roles in the maintenance
of epithelial tissues. However, when EGFR signaling is altered, it becomes the grand …

Progress in research on paclitaxel and tumor immunotherapy

L Zhu, L Chen - Cellular & molecular biology letters, 2019 - Springer
Paclitaxel is a well-known anticancer agent with a unique mechanism of action. It is
considered to be one of the most successful natural anticancer drugs available. This study …

AZD9291 in EGFR inhibitor–resistant non–small-cell lung cancer

PA Jänne, JCH Yang, DW Kim… - … England Journal of …, 2015 - Mass Medical Soc
Background The EGFR T790M mutation is the most common mechanism of drug resistance
to epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitors in patients who have …

Clinical activity of afatinib in patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer harbouring uncommon EGFR mutations: a combined post-hoc analysis of LUX-Lung 2 …

JCH Yang, LV Sequist, SL Geater, CM Tsai… - The lancet …, 2015 - thelancet.com
Background Most patients with non-small-cell lung cancer tumours that have EGFR
mutations have deletion mutations in exon 19 or the Leu858Arg point mutation in exon 21 …

ERBB receptors: from oncogene discovery to basic science to mechanism-based cancer therapeutics

CL Arteaga, JA Engelman - Cancer cell, 2014 - cell.com
ERBB receptors were linked to human cancer pathogenesis approximately three decades
ago. Biomedical investigators have since developed substantial understanding of the …

The quest to overcome resistance to EGFR-targeted therapies in cancer

CR Chong, PA Jänne - Nature medicine, 2013 - nature.com
All patients with metastatic lung, colorectal, pancreatic or head and neck cancers who
initially benefit from epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-targeted therapies eventually …

[HTML][HTML] Mapping the hallmarks of lung adenocarcinoma with massively parallel sequencing

M Imielinski, AH Berger, PS Hammerman… - Cell, 2012 - cell.com
Lung adenocarcinoma, the most common subtype of non-small cell lung cancer, is
responsible for more than 500,000 deaths per year worldwide. Here, we report exome and …

Mechanism of resistance to epidermal growth factor receptor-tyrosine kinase inhibitors and a potential treatment strategy

T Nagano, M Tachihara, Y Nishimura - Cells, 2018 - mdpi.com
Treatment with epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors (EGFR-TKIs)
improves the overall survival of patients with EGFR-mutated non-small-cell lung cancer …