Nature Communications (Oct 2017)

Sortilin limits EGFR signaling by promoting its internalization in lung cancer

  • Hussein Al-Akhrass,
  • Thomas Naves,
  • François Vincent,
  • Amandine Magnaudeix,
  • Karine Durand,
  • François Bertin,
  • Boris Melloni,
  • Marie-Odile Jauberteau,
  • Fabrice Lalloué

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01172-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Disruptions in epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) trafficking has been linked to tumor progression. Here the authors show that sortilin limits cell proliferation and tumor growth by promoting EGFR internalization.