Open AccessWhy Do Cancer Cells Become “Addicted” to Oncogenic Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor?
Author(s) -
Ingo K. Mellinghoff
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
plos medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.847
H-Index - 228
eISSN - 1549-1676
pISSN - 1549-1277
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040321
Subject(s) - epidermal growth factor receptor , cancer , cancer research , apoptosis , medicine , biology , kinase , microbiology and biotechnology , genetics
The author discusses three new studies in PLoS Medicine that shed light on the mechanisms involved in apoptosis triggered by EGFR kinase inhibitors.
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