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SUBMITTER: Lavaud P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4243818 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lavaud Pernelle P Andre Fabrice F
BMC medicine 20140812
Breast cancers over-express the human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) in about 15% of patients. This transmembrane tyrosine kinase receptor activates downstream signaling pathways and leads to proliferation of cancer cells. Trastuzumab, an anti-HER2 monoclonal antibody, improves outcome in women with early and metastatic breast cancer. Resistance to trastuzumab involves the phosphoinositide 3-kinase/mammalian target of rapamycin (PI3K/mTOR) pathway, truncation of the Her2 receptor or l ...[more]