Epidermal growth factor receptor, protein kinase B/Akt, and glioma response to erlotinib

DA Haas-Kogan, MD Prados, T Tihan… - Journal of the …, 2005 - academic.oup.com
Background: The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitor erlotinib
(also known as Tarceva or OSI-774) has shown promising response rates in malignant …

Molecular study of malignant gliomas treated with epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitors: tissue analysis from North American Brain Tumor Consortium Trials 01 …

AB Lassman, MR Rossi, JR Razier, LE Abrey… - Clinical Cancer …, 2005 - AACR
Purpose: We investigated the molecular effect of the epidermal growth factor receptor
(EGFR) inhibitors erlotinib and gefitinib in vivo on all available tumors from patients treated …

Molecular determinants of the response of glioblastomas to EGFR kinase inhibitors

IK Mellinghoff, MY Wang, I Vivanco… - … England Journal of …, 2005 - Mass Medical Soc
Background The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is frequently amplified,
overexpressed, or mutated in glioblastomas, but only 10 to 20 percent of patients have a …

Identification of molecular characteristics correlated with glioblastoma sensitivity to EGFR kinase inhibition through use of an intracranial xenograft test panel

JN Sarkaria, L Yang, PT Grogan, GJ Kitange… - Molecular cancer …, 2007 - AACR
In the current study, we examined a panel of serially passaged glioblastoma xenografts, in
the context of an intracranial tumor therapy response model, to identify associations …

The epidermal growth factor receptor in malignant gliomas: pathogenesis and therapeutic implications

JL Nakamura - Expert opinion on therapeutic targets, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
Activated epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) has emerged as an important therapeutic
target for a variety of solid tumors, particularly malignant gliomas. Mutation or amplification of …

Erlotinib resistance in EGFR-amplified glioblastoma cells is associated with upregulation of EGFRvIII and PI3Kp110δ

A Schulte, K Liffers, A Kathagen, S Riethdorf… - Neuro …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Background The treatment efficacy of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine
kinase inhibitors like erlotinib has not met expectations for glioblastoma therapy, even for …

Epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitors in neuro-oncology: hopes and disappointments

AA Brandes, E Franceschi, A Tosoni, ME Hegi… - Clinical cancer …, 2008 - AACR
Despite advances in diagnosis and treatment made over the past two decades, high-grade
gliomas are still incurable neoplasms. Moreover, after failing adjuvant therapy, few active …

Resistance to tyrosine kinase inhibition by mutant epidermal growth factor receptor variant III contributes to the neoplastic phenotype of glioblastoma multiforme

CA Learn, TL Hartzell, CJ Wikstrand, GE Archer… - Clinical cancer …, 2004 - AACR
Purpose: We have reported previously that tumors expressing wild-type epidermal growth
factor receptor (EGFR) in a murine model are sensitive to the EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor …

Safety and efficacy of erlotinib in first-relapse glioblastoma: a phase II open-label study

WKA Yung, JJ Vredenburgh, TF Cloughesy… - Neuro …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Erlotinib, an epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitor, is active in
glioblastoma. We evaluated erlotinib efficacy in patients with first-relapse glioblastoma and …

Molecular mechanisms underlying effects of epidermal growth factor receptor inhibition on invasion, proliferation, and angiogenesis in experimental glioma

JS Guillamo, S de Boüard, S Valable, L Marteau… - Clinical cancer …, 2009 - AACR
Purpose: Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) signal transduction pathways are
implicated in malignant glioma aggressiveness and promote tumor cell invasion …