MET-targeted therapy for gastric cancer: the importance of a biomarker-based strategy

H Kawakami, I Okamoto - Gastric cancer, 2016 - Springer
The MET protooncogene encodes the receptor tyrosine kinase c-MET (MET). Aberrant
activation of MET signaling occurs in a subset of advanced malignancies, including gastric …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical significance of MET in gastric cancer

M Inokuchi, S Otsuki, Y Fujimori, Y Sato… - World journal of …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Chemotherapy has become the global standard treatment for patients with metastatic or
unresectable gastric cancer (GC), although outcomes remain unfavorable. Many molecular …

[HTML][HTML] MET amplification as a potential therapeutic target in gastric cancer

H Kawakami, I Okamoto, T Arao, W Okamoto… - Oncotarget, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Our aim was to investigate both the prevalence of MET amplification in gastric cancer as well
as the potential of this genetic alteration to serve as a therapeutic target in gastric cancer …

MET Inhibitors for the Treatment of Gastric Cancer: What's Their Potential?

H El Darsa, R El Sayed… - Journal of experimental …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Gastric cancer remains a disease with a dismal prognosis. Extensive efforts to find
targetable disease drivers in gastric cancer were implemented to improve patient outcomes …

Anti-MET targeted therapy has come of age: the first durable complete response with MetMAb in metastatic gastric cancer

Y Feng, PC Ma - Cancer discovery, 2011 - AACR
The MET/hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) signaling pathway plays important roles in
oncogenesis and tumor progression in a variety of human cancers. MET/HGF drives an …

A preclinical algorithm of soluble surrogate biomarkers that correlate with therapeutic inhibition of the MET oncogene in gastric tumors

D Torti, F Sassi, F Galimi, S Gastaldi… - … journal of cancer, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The MET oncogene is amplified in a fraction of human gastric carcinoma cell lines, with
consequent overexpression and constitutive activation of the corresponding protein product …

Dynamic reprogramming of signaling upon met inhibition reveals a mechanism of drug resistance in gastric cancer

AZ Lai, S Cory, H Zhao, M Gigoux, A Monast… - Science …, 2014 - science.org
The Met receptor tyrosine kinase is activated or genetically amplified in some gastric
cancers, but resistance to small-molecule inhibitors of Met often emerges in patients. We …

[HTML][HTML] HGF/MET-directed therapeutics in gastroesophageal cancer: a review of clinical and biomarker development

SP Hack, JM Bruey, H Koeppen - Oncotarget, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Aberrant activation of the HGF/MET signaling axis has been strongly implicated in the
malignant transformation and progression of gastroesophageal cancer (GEC). MET receptor …

c-Met targeting in advanced gastric cancer: An open challenge

L Marano, R Chiari, A Fabozzi, F De Vita, V Boccardi… - Cancer letters, 2015 - Elsevier
Despite significant improvements in systemic chemotherapy over the last two decades, the
prognosis of patients with advanced gastric and gastroesophageal junction …

MET Expression and Amplification in Patients with Localized Gastric Cancer

YY Janjigian, LH Tang, DG Coit, DP Kelsen… - … , biomarkers & prevention, 2011 - AACR
Background: MET, the receptor for hepatocyte growth factor, has been proposed as a
therapeutic target in gastric cancer. This study assessed the incidence of MET expression …