| Literature DB >> 22945358 |
Oakley C Olson1, Johanna A Joyce.
Abstract
Resistance to molecularly targeted therapies can result from genomic alterations in the tumor cells that reactivate oncogenic signaling. Less is known of tumor cell-extrinsic mechanisms of resistance to targeted therapies. Two recent studies have identified HGF as a soluble factor capable of mediating resistance to BRAF and HER2 inhibitors in a paracrine manner. These new findings suggest an important role for the tumor microenvironment in mediating resistance to molecularly targeted therapies.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22945358 PMCID: PMC3567818 DOI: 10.1038/cr.2012.123
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cell Res ISSN: 1001-0602 Impact factor: 25.617