Stern D F
Department of Pathology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8023, USA.
Breast Cancer Res. 2000;2(3):176-83. doi: 10.1186/bcr51. Epub 2000 Mar 25.
ERBB family receptor tyrosine kinases are overexpressed in a significant subset of breast cancers. One of these receptors, HER2/neu, or ErbB-2, is the target for a new rational therapeutic antibody, Herceptin. Other inhibitors that target this receptor, and another family member, the epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor, are moving into clinical trials. Both of these receptors are sometimes overexpressed in breast cancer, and still subject to regulation by hormones and other physiological regulators. Optimal use of therapeutics targeting these receptors will require consideration of the several modes of regulation of these receptors and their interactions with steroid receptors.
ERBB家族受体酪氨酸激酶在相当一部分乳腺癌中过度表达。这些受体之一,HER2/neu,即ErbB-2,是一种新型合理治疗性抗体赫赛汀的靶点。其他靶向该受体以及另一个家族成员表皮生长因子(EGF)受体的抑制剂正在进入临床试验阶段。这两种受体在乳腺癌中有时都会过度表达,并且仍然受到激素和其他生理调节因子的调控。要想最佳地使用针对这些受体的治疗方法,就需要考虑这些受体的多种调控模式以及它们与类固醇受体的相互作用。