Amphiregulin in cellular physiology, health, and disease: Potential use as a biomarker and therapeutic target

SS Singh, SB Chauhan, A Kumar… - Journal of cellular …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Amphiregulin (AREG), which acts as one of the ligands for epidermal receptor growth factor
receptor (EGFR), plays a crucial role in tissue repair, inflammation, and immunity. AREG is …

Amphiregulin

C Berasain, MA Avila - Seminars in cell & developmental biology, 2014 - Elsevier
Amphiregulin (AREG) is a ligand of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), a widely
expressed transmembrane tyrosine kinase. AREG is synthesized as a membrane-anchored …

Amphiregulin may be a new biomarker of classically activated macrophages

C Meng, G Liu, H Mu, M Zhou, S Zhang, Y Xu - … and Biophysical Research …, 2015 - Elsevier
Amphiregulin (Areg) participates in tissue repair and inflammation regulation. As important
effector cells in inflammation, macrophages can be polarized to classically (M1) or …

Knock‐down of amphiregulin inhibits cellular invasion in inflammatory breast cancer

A Baillo, C Giroux, SP Ethier - Journal of cellular physiology, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
We have previously shown that SUM‐149 human breast cancer cells require an
amphiregulin (AREG) autocrine loop for cell proliferation. We also demonstrated that AREG …

Amphiregulin regulates phagocytosis‐induced cell death in monocytes via EGFR and matrix metalloproteinases

C Platen, S Dreschers, LK Reiss… - Mediators of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Neonates are highly susceptible to microbial infections which is partially attributable to
fundamental phenotypic and functional differences between effector cells of the adult and …

Nuclear AREG affects a low‐proliferative phenotype and contributes to drug resistance of melanoma

F Seefried, L Haller, S Fukuda… - … Journal of Cancer, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
AMPHIREGULIN (AREG) is a multifaceted molecule, which acts not only as an extracellular
ligand for EGF receptor (EGFR), but also as an intracellular signaling molecule. It remains …

A macrophage-pericyte axis directs tissue restoration via amphiregulin-induced transforming growth factor beta activation

CM Minutti, RV Modak, F Macdonald, F Li, DJ Smyth… - Immunity, 2019 - cell.com
The epidermal growth factor receptor ligand Amphiregulin has a well-documented role in the
restoration of tissue homeostasis after injury; however, the mechanism by which …

Monoubiquitination of pro-amphiregulin regulates its endocytosis and ectodomain shedding

S Fukuda, H Nishida-Fukuda, H Nakayama… - Biochemical and …, 2012 - Elsevier
All members of epidermal growth factor (EGF) family are expressed as transmembrane
precursors on cell surfaces and then proteolytically converted to soluble ligands for EGF …

[HTML][HTML] AREG mediates the epithelial‑mesenchymal transition in pancreatic cancer cells via the EGFR/ERK/NF‑κB signalling pathway

L Wang, L Wang, H Zhang, J Lu… - Oncology …, 2020 - spandidos-publications.com
Amphiregulin (AREG) is a member of the epidermal growth factor (EGF) family and is
expressed in a plethora of cancers. The biological roles of AREG in the regulation of the …

Amphiregulin regulates proliferation and migration of HER2-positive breast cancer cells

H Schmucker, WM Blanding, JM Mook, JF Wade… - Cellular Oncology, 2018 - Springer
Purpose Tumor initiation and progression rely on cellular proliferation and migration. Many
factors are involved in these processes, including growth factors. Amphiregulin (AREG) is …