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Effect of AZD1480 in an epidermal growth factor receptor-driven lung cancer model.
Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands) - 1 Jan 2014
Murakami Toshi, Takigawa Nagio, Ninomiya Takashi, Ochi Nobuaki, Yasugi Masaaki, Honda Yoshihiro, Kubo Toshio, Ichihara Eiki, Hotta Katsuyuki, Tanimoto Mitsune, Kiura Katsuyuki
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: STAT3 plays a vital role in inducing and maintaining a pro-carcinogenic inflammatory microenvironment and is reported to be a critical mediator of the oncogenic effects of EGFR mutations. STAT3 activation is mediated through JAK family kinases. We investigated the effect of the JAK1/2 inhibitor AZD1480 on lung tumors induced by an activating EGFR mutation. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Three EGFR tyrosine...
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