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ErbB signaling pathway

ErbB pathway

When epidermal growth factor (EGF) and its relatives bind the ErbB family of receptors, they trigger a rich network of signalling pathways, culminating in responses ranging from cell division to death, motility to adhesion.

Signalling through the ERBB/HER receptors is intricately involved in human cancer and already serves as a target for several cancer drugs.

Pathology

- cancer

Therapeutics

- over 25,000 women with breast cancer have now been treated with trastuzumab (Herceptin), a recombinant antibody designed to block the receptor ErbB2.
- small-molecule enzyme inhibitors
- monoclonal antibodies to ErbB1

References

- Citri A, Yarden Y. EGF-ERBB signalling: towards the systems level. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol. 2006 Jul;7(7):505-16. PMID: 16829981

- de Bono JS, Rowinsky EK. The ErbB receptor family: a therapeutic target for cancer. Trends Mol Med. 2002;8(4 Suppl):S19-26. PMID: 11927283

- Yarden Y, Sliwkowski MX. Untangling the ErbB signalling network. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol. 2001 Feb;2(2):127-37. PMID: 11252954