Epidermal growth factor receptor biology in head and neck cancer

S Kalyankrishna, JR Grandis - Journal of clinical oncology, 2006 - ascopubs.org
Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is overexpressed in several epithelial
malignancies, including head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), which exhibits …

Role of the epidermal growth factor network in ovarian follicles

M Conti, M Hsieh, JY Park, YQ Su - Molecular Endocrinology, 2006 - academic.oup.com
The LH surge causes major remodeling of the ovarian follicle in preparation for the ovulatory
process. These changes include reprogramming of granulosa cells to differentiate into luteal …

The gene expression program of prostate fibroblast senescence modulates neoplastic epithelial cell proliferation through paracrine mechanisms

C Bavik, I Coleman, JP Dean, B Knudsen, S Plymate… - Cancer research, 2006 - AACR
The greatest risk factor for developing carcinoma of the prostate is advanced age. Potential
molecular and physiologic contributors to the frequency of cancer occurrence in older …

ADAMs as mediators of EGF receptor transactivation by G protein-coupled receptors

H Ohtsu, PJ Dempsey, S Eguchi - American Journal of …, 2006 - journals.physiology.org
A disintegrin and metalloprotease (ADAM) is a membrane-anchored metalloprotease
implicated in the ectodomain shedding of cell surface proteins, including the ligands for …

The epidermal growth factor receptors and their family of ligands: their putative role in atherogenesis

AC Dreux, DJ Lamb, H Modjtahedi, GAA Ferns - Atherosclerosis, 2006 - Elsevier
The epidermal growth factor receptor is a member of type-I growth factor receptor family with
tyrosine kinase activity that is activated following the binding of multiple cognate ligands …

Metalloproteinase disintegrins ADAM8 and ADAM19 are highly regulated in human primary brain tumors and their expression levels and activities are associated with …

D Wildeboer, S Naus, QXA Sang… - … of Neuropathology & …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Patients with primary brain tumors have bleak prognoses and there is an urgent desire to
identify new markers for sensitive diagnosis and new therapeutic targets for effective …

Full-length ADAMTS-1 and the ADAMTS-1 fragments display pro-and antimetastatic activity, respectively

YJ Liu, Y Xu, Q Yu - Oncogene, 2006 - nature.com
The exact role of ad isintegrin and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin motifs-1
(ADAMTS-1) and the underlying mechanism of its involvement in tumor metastasis have not …

Amphiregulin contributes to the transformed phenotype of human hepatocellular carcinoma cells

J Castillo, E Erroba, MJ Perugorría, M Santamaría… - Cancer research, 2006 - AACR
Hepatocellular carcinoma is a major cause of cancer-related deaths. Current treatments are
not effective, and the identification of relevant pathways and novel therapeutic targets are …

Autocrine and juxtacrine effects of amphiregulin on the proliferative, invasive, and migratory properties of normal and neoplastic human mammary epithelial cells

NE Willmarth, SP Ethier - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2006 - ASBMB
Amphiregulin (AR) autocrine loops have been associated with several types of cancer. We
demonstrate that SUM149 breast cancer cells have a self-sustaining AR autocrine loop …

Control of ErbB signaling through metalloprotease mediated ectodomain shedding of EGF-like factors

MP Sanderson, PJ Dempsey, AJ Dunbar - Growth factors, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
Epidermal growth factor (EGF)-like proteins comprise a group of structurally similar growth
factors, which contain a conserved six-cysteine residue motif called the EGF-domain. EGF …