Fibroblast growth factor receptors (FGFRs) and noncanonical partners in cancer signaling

HR Ferguson, MP Smith, C Francavilla - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Increasing evidence indicates that success of targeted therapies in the treatment of cancer is
context-dependent and is influenced by a complex crosstalk between signaling pathways …

[HTML][HTML] Cancer driver gene and non-coding RNA alterations as biomarkers of brain metastasis in lung cancer: a review of the literature

M Karimpour, R Ravanbakhsh, M Maydanchi… - Biomedicine & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Brain metastasis (BM) is the most common event in patients with lung cancer. Despite
multimodal treatments and advances in systemic therapies, development of BM remains one …

Elevated NSD3 histone methylation activity drives squamous cell lung cancer

G Yuan, NM Flores, S Hausmann, SM Lofgren… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Amplification of chromosomal region 8p11–12 is a common genetic alteration that has been
implicated in the aetiology of lung squamous cell carcinoma (LUSC),–. The FGFR1 gene is …

Discovery of pemigatinib: a potent and selective fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR) inhibitor

L Wu, C Zhang, C He, D Qian, L Lu, Y Sun… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Aberrant activation of FGFR has been linked to the pathogenesis of many tumor types.
Selective inhibition of FGFR has emerged as a promising approach for cancer treatment …

Comprehensive functional evaluation of variants of fibroblast growth factor receptor genes in cancer

IT Nakamura, S Kohsaka, M Ikegami, H Ikeuchi… - npj Precision …, 2021 - nature.com
Various genetic alterations of the fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR) family have been
detected across a wide range of cancers. However, inhibition of FGFR signaling by kinase …

[HTML][HTML] Comprehensive identification of FGFR1-4 alterations in 5 557 Chinese patients with solid tumors by next-generation sequencing

W Gu, J Yang, Y Wang, J Xu, X Wang, F Du… - American Journal of …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Deregulation of fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR) network is common in cancer due to
activating mutations, gene amplifications and chromosomal translocations. Currently …

Targeting the fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR) family in lung cancer

L Pacini, AD Jenks, NC Lima, PH Huang - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer-related deaths globally. Genetic
alterations, such as amplifications, mutations and translocations in the fibroblast growth …

Biological significance and targeting of the FGFR axis in cancer

AM Chioni, RP Grose - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary All cells within tissues and organ systems must communicate with each
other to ensure they function in a coordinated manner. One form of communication is …

Unbiased detection of driver mutations in extramammary Paget disease

Y Ishida, N Kakiuchi, K Yoshida, Y Inoue, H Irie… - Clinical Cancer …, 2021 - AACR
Abstract Purpose: Extramammary Paget disease (EMPD) is an uncommon skin malignancy
whose genetic alterations are poorly characterized. Previous reports identified mutations in …

[HTML][HTML] FGFR1 overexpression in non-small cell lung cancer is mediated by genetic and epigenetic mechanisms and is a determinant of FGFR1 inhibitor response

O Bogatyrova, JSM Mattsson, EM Ross… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Amplification of fibroblast growth factor receptor 1 (FGFR1) in non-small cell lung cancer
(NSCLC) has been considered as an actionable drug target. However, pan-FGFR tyrosine …