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    The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR; ErbB-1; HER1 in humans) is a transmembrane protein that is a receptor for members of the epidermal growth factor...
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    Epidermal growth factor (EGF) is a protein that stimulates cell growth and differentiation by binding to its receptor, EGFR. Human EGF is 6-kDa and has...
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    (human epidermal growth factor receptor 2) or CD340 (cluster of differentiation 340). HER2 is a member of the human epidermal growth factor receptor (HER/EGFR/ERBB)...
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    Receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) are the high-affinity cell surface receptors for many polypeptide growth factors, cytokines, and hormones. Of the 90...
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    GRB2 gene. The protein encoded by this gene binds receptors such as the epidermal growth factor receptor and contains one SH2 domain and two SH3 domains...
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    receptors capable of protein kinase activity for cellular signaling. TGF-α is a transforming growth factor that is a ligand for the epidermal growth factor...
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  • induce the expression of growth factors, such as amphiregulin, epidermal growth factor (EGF), IGF-1, and fibroblast growth factor (FGF), which in turn have...
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  • dominant receptor types that are exclusive to research : the epidermal growth factor receptor, the neurotrophin receptor, and the insulin receptors. All growth...
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    a membrane-anchored mitogenic and chemotactic glycoprotein. An epidermal growth factor produced by monocytes and macrophages, due to an affinity for heparin...
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    cell lung cancer. Amivantamab is a bispecific epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor-directed and MET receptor-directed antibody. It is the first treatment...
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    cell-surface receptor tyrosine kinase. Kinase inhibitors can also be mediated. Paracrine signalling mediates the response to epidermal growth factor receptor kinase...
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  • family of proteins contains four receptor tyrosine kinases, structurally related to the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), its first discovered member...
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    Activation of other growth factor receptors such as fibroblast growth factor receptors or epidermal growth factor receptor can also be responsible. Acanthosis...
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  • Growth factor receptor inhibitors (growth factor inhibitors, growth factor receptor blockers, growth factor blockers, growth factor receptor antagonists...
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  • factor, such as Myc. This process is described in more detail below. Receptor-linked tyrosine kinases, such as the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)...
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  • example, epidermal growth factor (EGF) enhances osteogenic differentiation (osteogenesis or bone formation), while fibroblast growth factors and vascular...
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    The insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) receptor is a protein found on the surface of human cells. It is a transmembrane receptor that is activated by...
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    in the United States for people with hormone receptor-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative breast cancer when used in combination...
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    for the treatment of non-small-cell lung cancer. It is an epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitor. Sunvozertinib was approved...
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    of non-small cell lung cancer. It is a kinase inhibitor of epidermal growth factor receptor. The most common adverse reactions include rash, nail toxicity...
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    Cetuximab, sold under the brand name Erbitux, is an epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitor medication used for the treatment of metastatic colorectal...
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    Osimertinib (category Receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors)
    carcinomas with specific mutations. It is a third-generation epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor. The most common side effects include...
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    Erlotinib (category Receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors)
    cancer. Specifically it is used for NSCLC with mutations in the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) — either an exon 19 deletion (del19) or exon 21 (L858R)...
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    Fibroblast growth factor receptor 1 (FGFR-1), also known as basic fibroblast growth factor receptor 1, fms-related tyrosine kinase-2 / Pfeiffer syndrome...
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    Adrenergic receptor Olfactory receptors Receptor tyrosine kinases Epidermal growth factor receptor Insulin Receptor Fibroblast growth factor receptors, High...
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  • or shows low levels of estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR) and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) overexpression and/or gene...
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  • absence of CD81. Michalopoulos investigated the role of the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) in regulation of Metabolism Associated Steatotic Liver...
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    Afatinib (category Receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors)
    that also irreversibly inhibits human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (Her2) and epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) kinases. Afatinib is not only...
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    Forti G, et al. (August 2004). "The androgen receptor associates with the epidermal growth factor receptor in androgen-sensitive prostate cancer cells"...
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    description of compounds inhibiting the catalytic activity of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR). The 1988 study was the first demonstration of a systematic...
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