| Literature DB >> 30215054 |
Nishant Mohan1, Jiangsong Jiang1, Milos Dokmanovic1, Wen Jin Wu1.
Abstract
Trastuzumab, an epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) targeting humanized monoclonal antibody, has been approved for the treatment HER2-positive breast cancer and HER2-positve metastatic gastric cancer. However, cardiotoxicity associated with its clinical application poses challenges for clinicians and patients, mechanisms of which are still evolving. This review will summarize the current mechanistic understanding of trastuzumab-mediated cardiotoxicity, discuss the novel role of DNA topoisomerase IIB as a shared target for enhanced cardiotoxicity induced by trastuzumab and anthracyclines-based combination regimens, and speculate the potential impact of trastuzumab intervention in immune checkpoint inhibitors-based therapies.Entities:
Keywords: HER2; TOP2B; cardiotoxicity; trastuzumab
Year: 2018 PMID: 30215054 PMCID: PMC6131716 DOI: 10.1093/abt/tby003
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antib Ther