Nature Communications (Nov 2018)

Integrated mapping of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics in a patient-derived xenograft model of glioblastoma

  • Elizabeth C. Randall,
  • Kristina B. Emdal,
  • Janice K. Laramy,
  • Minjee Kim,
  • Alison Roos,
  • David Calligaris,
  • Michael S. Regan,
  • Shiv K. Gupta,
  • Ann C. Mladek,
  • Brett L. Carlson,
  • Aaron J. Johnson,
  • Fa-Ke Lu,
  • X. Sunney Xie,
  • Brian A. Joughin,
  • Raven J. Reddy,
  • Sen Peng,
  • Walid M. Abdelmoula,
  • Pamela R. Jackson,
  • Aarti Kolluri,
  • Katherine A. Kellersberger,
  • Jeffrey N. Agar,
  • Douglas A. Lauffenburger,
  • Kristin R. Swanson,
  • Nhan L. Tran,
  • William F. Elmquist,
  • Forest M. White,
  • Jann N. Sarkaria,
  • Nathalie Y. R. Agar

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07334-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Despite major drug discovery efforts, the therapeutic options for glioblastoma (GBM) remain inadequate. Here they analyze patient-derived xenograft model of GBM to quantitatively map distribution and cellular response to the EGFR inhibitor erlotinib, and report heterogeneous erlotinib delivery to intracranial tumors to be inadequate to inhibit EGFR signaling.