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Nimotuzumab enhances temozolomide-induced growth suppression of glioma cells expressing mutant EGFR in vivo.
Cancer medicine - 1 Mar 2016
Nitta Yusuke, Shimizu Saki, Shishido-Hara Yukiko, Suzuki Kaori, Shiokawa Yoshiaki, Nagane Motoo
Abstract excerpt
A mutant form of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), EGFRvIII, is common in glioblastoma (GBM) and confers enhanced tumorigenic activity and drug resistance. Nimotuzumab, an anti-EGFR antibody, has shown preclinical and clinical activity to GBM, but its specific activity against EGFRvIII has not been fully investigated. Human glioma U87MG or LNZ308 cells overexpressing either wild-type (wt) EGFR or EGFRvIII...
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