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A common MET polymorphism harnesses HER2 signaling to drive aggressive squamous cell carcinoma.
Nature communications - 25 Mar 2020
Kong Li Ren, Mohamed Salleh Nur Afiqah Binte, Ong Richard Weijie, Tan Tuan Zea, Syn Nicholas L, Goh Robby Miguel, Fhu Chee Wai, Tan Daniel S W, Iyer N Gopalakrishna, Kannan Srinivasaraghavan, Verma Chandra S, Lim Yaw Chyn, Soo Ross, Ho Jingshan, Huang Yiqing, Lim Joline S J, Yan Benedict Junrong, Nga Min En, Lim Seng Gee, Koeffler H Phillip, Lee Soo Chin, Kappei Dennis, Hung Huynh The, Goh Boon Cher
Abstract excerpt
c-MET receptors are activated in cancers through genomic events like tyrosine kinase domain mutations, juxtamembrane splicing mutation and amplified copy numbers, which can be inhibited by c-MET small molecule inhibitors. Here, we discover that the most common polymorphism known to affect MET gene (N375S), involving the semaphorin domain, confers exquisite binding affinity for HER2 and enables METN375S to...
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