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Combining onartuzumab with erlotinib inhibits growth of non-small cell lung cancer with activating EGFR mutations and HGF overexpression.
Molecular cancer therapeutics - 1 Feb 2015
Sano Yuji, Hashimoto Eri, Nakatani Noriaki, Abe Masaichi, Satoh Yasuko, Sakata Kiyoaki, Fujii Toshihiko, Fujimoto-Ouchi Kaori, Sugimoto Masamichi, Nagahashi Shigehisa, Aoki Masahiro, Motegi Hiroshi, Sasaki Eiichi, Yatabe Yasushi
Abstract excerpt
Erlotinib, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR-TKI), benefits survival of patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who harbor activating EGFR mutations. However, elevated expression of hepatocyte growth factor (HGF), a ligand of the MET receptor tyrosine kinase, causes erlotinib resistance. Because onartuzumab, a monovalent antibody to MET, blocks HGF-induced MET...
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