Nature Communications (Dec 2021)

Comprehensive targeting of resistance to inhibition of RTK signaling pathways by using glucocorticoids

  • Ke Gong,
  • Gao Guo,
  • Nicole A. Beckley,
  • Xiaoyao Yang,
  • Yue Zhang,
  • David E. Gerber,
  • John D. Minna,
  • Sandeep Burma,
  • Dawen Zhao,
  • Esra A. Akbay,
  • Amyn A. Habib

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27276-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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TNF signalling was reported to mediate resistance to EGFR inhibition in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Here, the authors examine the efficacy of a broad versus focused targeting of this resistance, and they show that a broad inhibitor of inflammation, prednisone is the most effective.