ERBB receptors and cancer: the complexity of targeted inhibitors

NE Hynes, HA Lane - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2005 - nature.com
ERBB receptor tyrosine kinases have important roles in human cancer. In particular, the
expression or activation of epidermal growth factor receptor and ERBB2 are altered in many …

The oncogene HER2: its signaling and transforming functions and its role in human cancer pathogenesis

MM Moasser - Oncogene, 2007 - nature.com
The year 2007 marks exactly two decades since Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor-
2 (HER2) was functionally implicated in the pathogenesis of human breast cancer. This …

Structure and function of the cell surface (tethered) mucins

CL Hattrup, SJ Gendler - Annu. Rev. Physiol., 2008 - annualreviews.org
Cell surface mucins are large transmembrane glycoproteins involved in diverse functions
ranging from shielding the airway epithelium against pathogenic infection to regulating …

Decreased accessibility and lack of activation of ErbB2 in JIMT-1, a herceptin-resistant, MUC4-expressing breast cancer cell line

P Nagy, E Friedländer, M Tanner, AI Kapanen… - Cancer research, 2005 - AACR
Overexpression of erbB2 in breast tumors is associated with poor prognosis and is a target
of receptor-oriented cancer therapy. Trastuzumab (Herceptin), a monoclonal antibody …

The neuregulin-I/ErbB signaling system in development and disease

S Britsch - 2007 - books.google.com
Neuregulins are EGF-like growth and differentiation factors that interact with tyrosine kinase
receptors of the ErbB family. Neuregulin signals are also involved in the development …

[HTML][HTML] Structure, evolution, and biology of the MUC4 mucin

P Chaturvedi, AP Singh, SK Batra - The FASEB journal: official …, 2008 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Mucins are high-molecular-weight glycoproteins and are implicated in diverse biological
functions. MUC4, a member of transmembrane mucin family, is expressed in airway …

Inhibition of MUC4 Expression Suppresses Pancreatic Tumor Cell Growth and Metastasis

AP Singh, N Moniaux, SC Chauhan, JL Meza, SK Batra - Cancer research, 2004 - AACR
The MUC4 mucin is a high molecular weight membrane-bound glycoprotein. It is aberrantly
expressed in pancreatic tumors and tumor cell lines with no detectable expression in the …

A review of HER2 overexpression and somatic mutations in cancers

M Galogre, D Rodin, M Pyatnitskiy… - Critical Reviews in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (HER) proteins family, which
includes HER2, are membrane-bound receptors that activate many intracellular pathways …

Mucin expression profile in pancreatic cancer and the precursor lesions

K Nagata, M Horinouchi, M Saitou… - Journal of Hepato …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
In this review article, we demonstrate the mucin expression profile in normal tissue, invasive
ductal carcinoma (IDC), two subtypes of intraductal papillary—mucinous neoplasm (IPMN …

Cross-talk between the ErbB/HER family and the type I insulin-like growth factor receptor signaling pathway in breast cancer

Q Jin, FJ Esteva - Journal of mammary gland biology and neoplasia, 2008 - Springer
Understanding the molecular mechanisms involved in tumorigenesis and their influence on
clinical outcome is providing specific molecular markers for targeted therapy. Activation of …