Eph receptors and ephrins in cancer: bidirectional signalling and beyond

EB Pasquale - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2010 - nature.com
The Eph receptor tyrosine kinases and their ephrin ligands have intriguing expression
patterns in cancer cells and tumour blood vessels, which suggest important roles for their …

Therapeutic targeting of EPH receptors and their ligands

AW Boyd, PF Bartlett, M Lackmann - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2014 - nature.com
Critical roles for EPH receptor (EPH)–ephrin signalling in a range of chronic and
regenerative diseases are increasingly being recognized. In particular, the complex roles of …

Competition amongst Eph receptors regulates contact inhibition of locomotion and invasiveness in prostate cancer cells

JW Astin, J Batson, S Kadir, J Charlet, RA Persad… - Nature cell …, 2010 - nature.com
Metastatic cancer cells typically fail to halt migration on contact with non-cancer cells. This
invasiveness is in contrast to normal mesenchymal cells that retract on contact with another …

The EphB4 receptor suppresses breast cancer cell tumorigenicity through an Abl–Crk pathway

NK Noren, G Foos, CA Hauser, EB Pasquale - Nature cell biology, 2006 - nature.com
Recent evidence supports a role for EphB receptor tyrosine kinases as tumour suppressors
in colorectal and prostate cancer. However, it is unclear how these receptors inhibit cancer …

Regulation of angiogenesis by Eph–ephrin interactions

S Kuijper, CJ Turner, RH Adams - Trends in cardiovascular medicine, 2007 - Elsevier
The large families of Eph receptor tyrosine kinases and their ephrin ligands transduce
signals in a cell-cell contact-dependent fashion and thereby coordinate the growth …

Essential roles of EphB receptors and EphrinB ligands in endothelial cell function and angiogenesis

O Salvucci, G Tosato - Advances in cancer research, 2012 - Elsevier
Eph receptor tyrosine kinases and their Ephrin ligands represent an important signaling
system with widespread roles in cell physiology and disease. Receptors and ligands in this …

The soluble extracellular domain of EphB4 (sEphB4) antagonizes EphB4-EphrinB2 interaction, modulates angiogenesis, and inhibits tumor growth

N Kertesz, V Krasnoperov, R Reddy, L Leshanski… - Blood, 2006 - ashpublications.org
The receptor tyrosine kinase EphB4 and its ligand EphrinB2 play a crucial role in vascular
development during embryogenesis. The soluble monomeric derivative of the extracellular …

Eph receptor and ephrin ligand-mediated interactions during angiogenesis and tumor progression

M Héroult, F Schaffner, HG Augustin - Experimental cell research, 2006 - Elsevier
Eph receptors comprise the largest family of receptor tyrosine kinases. They are classified
into an A family and a B family on the basis of the characteristic properties of the …

The small molecule specific EphB4 kinase inhibitor NVP-BHG712 inhibits VEGF driven angiogenesis

G Martiny-Baron, P Holzer, E Billy, C Schnell… - Angiogenesis, 2010 - Springer
EphB4 and its cognitive ligand ephrinB2 play an important role in embryonic vessel
development and vascular remodeling. In addition, several reports suggest that this receptor …

The tumour-promoting receptor tyrosine kinase, EphB4, regulates expression of Integrin-β8 in prostate cancer cells

I Mertens-Walker, BC Fernandini, MSN Maharaj… - BMC cancer, 2015 - Springer
Abstract Background The EphB4 receptor tyrosine kinase is overexpressed in many cancers
including prostate cancer. The molecular mechanisms by which this ephrin receptor …