The functions and regulation of the PTEN tumour suppressor: new modes and prospects

YR Lee, M Chen, PP Pandolfi - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2018 - nature.com
PTEN is a potent tumour suppressor, and its loss of function is frequently observed in both
heritable and sporadic cancers. PTEN has phosphatase-dependent and phosphatase …

Epidermal growth factor receptor and EGFRvIII in glioblastoma: signaling pathways and targeted therapies

Z An, O Aksoy, T Zheng, QW Fan, WA Weiss - Oncogene, 2018 - nature.com
Amplification of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and its active mutant EGFRvIII
occurs frequently in glioblastoma (GBM). While EGFR and EGFRvIII play critical roles in …

Circular RNA-encoded oncogenic E-cadherin variant promotes glioblastoma tumorigenicity through activation of EGFR–STAT3 signalling

X Gao, X **a, F Li, M Zhang, H Zhou, X Wu, J Zhong… - Nature cell …, 2021 - nature.com
Activated EGFR signalling drives tumorigenicity in 50% of glioblastoma (GBM). However,
EGFR-targeting therapy has proven ineffective in treating patients with GBM, indicating that …

Paediatric and adult glioblastoma: multiform (epi) genomic culprits emerge

D Sturm, S Bender, DTW Jones, P Lichter, J Grill… - Nature Reviews …, 2014 - nature.com
We have extended our understanding of the molecular biology that underlies adult
glioblastoma over many years. By contrast, high-grade gliomas in children and adolescents …

Role of glioblastoma stem cells in cancer therapeutic resistance: A perspective on antineoplastic agents from natural sources and chemical derivatives

ALV Alves, INF Gomes, AC Carloni, MN Rosa… - Stem Cell Research & …, 2021 - Springer
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the highest-grade form of glioma, as well as one of the most
aggressive types of cancer, exhibiting rapid cellular growth and highly invasive behavior …

Heterogeneity of epidermal growth factor receptor signalling networks in glioblastoma

FB Furnari, TF Cloughesy, WK Cavenee… - Nature Reviews …, 2015 - nature.com
As tumours evolve, the daughter cells of the initiating cell often become molecularly
heterogeneous and develop different functional properties and therapeutic vulnerabilities. In …

Glioblastoma: from molecular pathology to targeted treatment

TF Cloughesy, WK Cavenee… - Annual review of …, 2014 - annualreviews.org
Glioblastoma (GBM) is one of the most lethal human cancers. Genomic analyses are
defining the molecular architecture of GBM, uncovering relevant subsets of patients whose …

Epidermal growth factor receptor extracellular domain mutations in glioblastoma present opportunities for clinical imaging and therapeutic development

ZA Binder, AH Thorne, S Bakas, EP Wileyto, M Bilello… - Cancer cell, 2018 - cell.com
We explored the clinical and pathological impact of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)
extracellular domain missense mutations. Retrospective assessment of 260 de novo …

CXCL12/CXCR4 signal transduction in diseases and its molecular approaches in targeted-therapy

A Mousavi - Immunology Letters, 2020 - Elsevier
Chemokines are small molecules called “chemotactic cytokines” and regulate many
processes like leukocyte trafficking, homing of immune cells, maturation, cytoskeletal …

EGFR as a clinical marker in glioblastomas and other gliomas

FS Saadeh, R Mahfouz, HI Assi - The International journal …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is a transmembrane glycoprotein and a member of
the tyrosine kinase superfamily receptor. Gliomas are tumors originating from glial cells …