The FGF family: biology, pathophysiology and therapy

A Beenken, M Mohammadi - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2009 - nature.com
The family of fibroblast growth factors (FGFs) regulates a plethora of developmental
processes, including brain patterning, branching morphogenesis and limb development …

Unleashing the potential of combining FGFR inhibitor and immune checkpoint blockade for FGF/FGFR signaling in tumor microenvironment

R Ruan, L Li, X Li, C Huang, Z Zhang, H Zhong… - Molecular Cancer, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Background Fibroblast growth factors (FGFs) and their receptors (FGFRs) play a
crucial role in cell fate and angiogenesis, with dysregulation of the signaling axis driving …

Single-cell analysis of blood-brain barrier response to pericyte loss

MA Mäe, L He, S Nordling… - Circulation …, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
Rationale: Pericytes are capillary mural cells playing a role in stabilizing newly formed blood
vessels during development and tissue repair. Loss of pericytes has been described in …

Targeting FAPα-expressing hepatic stellate cells overcomes resistance to antiangiogenics in colorectal cancer liver metastasis models

M Qi, S Fan, M Huang, J Pan, Y Li… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Vessel co-option has been demonstrated to mediate colorectal cancer liver metastasis
(CRCLM) resistance to antiangiogenic therapy. The current mechanisms underlying vessel …

Fibroblast growth factor/fibroblast growth factor receptor system in angiogenesis

M Presta, P Dell'Era, S Mitola, E Moroni… - Cytokine & growth factor …, 2005 - Elsevier
Fibroblast growth factors (FGFs) are a family of heparin-binding growth factors. FGFs exert
their pro-angiogenic activity by interacting with various endothelial cell surface receptors …

Evolution of the Fgf and Fgfr gene families

N Itoh, DM Ornitz - TRENDS in Genetics, 2004 - cell.com
Fibroblast growth factors (Fgfs) and Fgf receptors (Fgfrs) comprise a signaling system that is
conserved throughout metazoan evolution. Twenty-two Fgfs and four Fgfrs have been …

Immunolocalization of an FGF-binding protein reveals a widespread expression pattern during different stages of mouse embryo development

A Aigner, PE Ray, F Czubayko, A Wellstein - Histochemistry and cell …, 2002 - Springer
Fibroblast growth factors (FGFs) play important roles during fetal and embryonic
development. FGF-2 (basic FGF, bFGF) is widely expressed in the embryo and has been …

The role of fibroblast growth factors in tumor growth

M Korc, RE Friesel - Current cancer drug targets, 2009 - ingentaconnect.com
Biological processes that drive cell growth are exciting targets for cancer therapy. The
fibroblast growth factor (FGF) signaling network plays a ubiquitous role in normal cell …

Beyond VEGF: inhibition of the fibroblast growth factor pathway and antiangiogenesis

C Lieu, J Heymach, M Overman, H Tran, S Kopetz - Clinical cancer research, 2011 - AACR
Fibroblast growth factor (FGF) signaling regulates cell proliferation, differentiation, survival,
angiogenesis, and wound healing. Compelling evidence for deregulated FGF signaling in …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular and clinical significance of fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF2/bFGF) in malignancies of solid and hematological cancers for personalized therapies

MR Akl, P Nagpal, NM Ayoub, B Tai, SA Prabhu… - Oncotarget, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Fibroblast growth factor (FGF) signaling is essential for normal and cancer biology.
Mammalian FGF family members participate in multiple signaling pathways by binding to …