Nature Communications (Jan 2017)

CDK4/6 or MAPK blockade enhances efficacy of EGFR inhibition in oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma

  • Jin Zhou,
  • Zhong Wu,
  • Gabrielle Wong,
  • Eirini Pectasides,
  • Ankur Nagaraja,
  • Matthew Stachler,
  • Haikuo Zhang,
  • Ting Chen,
  • Haisheng Zhang,
  • Jie Bin Liu,
  • Xinsen Xu,
  • Ewa Sicinska,
  • Francisco Sanchez-Vega,
  • Anil K. Rustgi,
  • J. Alan Diehl,
  • Kwok-Kin Wong,
  • Adam J. Bass

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13897
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma often develop resistance to EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors. Here, the authors demonstrate that inhibition of cell cycle regulators CDK4/6 or MAPK blockade enhances the efficacy of EGFR inhibitors for these tumours in mice.