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ArticleCancer science2016

FGFR gene alterations in lung squamous cell carcinoma are potential targets for the multikinase inhibitor nintedanib.

Masaaki Hibi, Hiroyasu Kaneda, Junko Tanizaki, Kazuko Sakai, Yosuke Togashi, Masato Terashima, Marco Antonio De Velasco, Yoshihiko Fujita, Eri Banno, Yu Nakamura and 6 more

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Article in Cancer science, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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16 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Masaaki HibiDepartment of Genome Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Kindai University, Osaka-Sayama, Japan.
Hiroyasu KanedaDepartment of Medical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Kindai University, Osaka-Sayama, Japan.
Junko TanizakiDepartment of Medical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Kindai University, Osaka-Sayama, Japan.
Kazuko SakaiDepartment of Genome Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Kindai University, Osaka-Sayama, Japan.
Yosuke TogashiDepartment of Genome Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Kindai University, Osaka-Sayama, Japan.
Masato TerashimaDepartment of Genome Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Kindai University, Osaka-Sayama, Japan.
Marco Antonio De VelascoDepartment of Genome Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Kindai University, Osaka-Sayama, Japan.
Yoshihiko FujitaDepartment of Genome Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Kindai University, Osaka-Sayama, Japan.
Eri BannoDepartment of Genome Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Kindai University, Osaka-Sayama, Japan.
Yu NakamuraDepartment of Genome Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Kindai University, Osaka-Sayama, Japan.
Masayuki TakedaDepartment of Medical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Kindai University, Osaka-Sayama, Japan.
Akihiko ItoDepartment of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Kindai University, Osaka-Sayama, Japan.
Tetsuya MitsudomiDepartment of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kindai University, Osaka-Sayama, Japan.
Kazuhiko NakagawaDepartment of Medical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Kindai University, Osaka-Sayama, Japan.
Isamu OkamotoResearch Institute for Diseases of the Chest, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Kazuto NishioDepartment of Genome Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Kindai University, Osaka-Sayama, Japan.
Kindai University · JPKindai University Hospital · JPKyushu University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR) gene alterations are relatively frequent in lung squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) and are a potential targets for therapy with FGFR inhibitors. However, little is known regarding the clinicopathologic features associated with FGFR alterations. The angiokinase inhibitor nintedanib has shown promising activity in clinical trials for non-small cell lung cancer. We have now applied next-generation sequencing (NGS) to characterize FGFR alterations in LSCC patients as well as examined the antitumor activity of nintedanib in LSCC cell lines positive for FGFR1 copy number gain (CNG). The effects of nintedanib on the proliferation of and FGFR signaling in LSCC cell lines were examined in vitro, and its effects on tumor formation were examined in vivo. A total of 75 clinical LSCC specimens were screened for FGFR alterations by NGS. Nintedanib inhibited the proliferation of FGFR1 CNG-positive LSCC cell lines in association with attenuation of the FGFR1-ERK signaling pathway in vitro and in vivo. FGFR1 CNG (10.7%), FGFR1 mutation (2.7%), FGFR2 mutation (2.7%), FGFR4 mutation (5.3%), and FGFR3 fusion (1.3%) were detected in LSCC specimens by NGS. Clinicopathologic features did not differ between LSCC patients positive or negative for FGFR alterations. However, among the 36 patients with disease recurrence after surgery, prognosis was significantly worse for those harboring FGFR alterations. Screening for FGFR alterations by NGS warrants further study as a means to identify patients with LSCC recurrence after surgery who might benefit from nintedanib therapy.

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AnimalsCarcinoma, Squamous CellCell ProliferationDNA Copy Number VariationsFemaleHumansIndolesLung NeoplasmsMiceMolecular Targeted TherapyMutant ProteinsNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalReceptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 1Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 2Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 3Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 4FGFR1 protein, humanFGFR2 protein, humanFGFR3 protein, humanFGFR4 protein, humanIndolesMutant ProteinsnintedanibReceptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 1Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 2Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 3Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 4Copy number gainFGFR1lung squamous cell cancernext-generation sequencingnintedanib

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PMID27581340
PMCPMC5132273
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