ReviewCNS drugs2017
EGFR as a Target for Glioblastoma Treatment: An Unfulfilled Promise.
Review in CNS drugs, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 127 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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127 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 217 citations in OpenAlex.
- The safety and efficacy of VEGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors for patients with gliomas: a systematic review, meta-analysis, and a specific analysis on glioblastoma.Neurosurgical review · 2025Pooled it
- Molecular Biomarkers in Glioblastoma: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Pooled it
- Congress of neurological surgeons systematic review and evidence-based guidelines update on the role of neuropathology in the management of progressive glioblastoma in adults.Journal of neuro-oncology · 2022Pooled it
- Anti-epidermal growth factor receptor therapy for glioblastoma in adults.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Safety and efficacy of depatuxizumab mafodotin in Japanese patients with malignant glioma: A nonrandomized, phase 1/2 trial.Cancer science · 2021Trial
- Mechanisms, Microenvironments, and Models: Understanding Therapeutic Resistance in Glioblastoma.International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics · 2026Review
- Design, Synthesis of Novel Quinazolinone Derivatives and Evaluation of EGFR Kinase Inhibition Activity via In Vitro and In Silico Studies.Chemical biology & drug design · 2026Article
- Applications of transcranial focused ultrasound for primary brain tumors.Neuro-oncology advances · 2026Review
- An EGFR co-amplified lncRNA HELDR promotes glioblastoma malignancy through KAT7-driven gene programs.Nature cell biology · 2026Article
- lncRNA in EGFR‑driven glioblastoma.Nature cell biology · 2026Article
- Identification of new prognostic molecular markers in glioblastoma: a single-center retrospective study.The oncologist · 2026Article
- Dual Targeting of DNA and EGFR by ZYH005 Induces DNA Damage and Mitotic Catastrophe in Glioblastoma.MedComm · 2026Article
- EGFR/ZBED1 reciprocal regulation promotes stemness and tumorigenesis in glioblastoma.Neuro-oncology · 2026Article
- Coexistence of histologically distinct intracranial tumors: Case series, literature review, and meta-analysis.Surgical neurology international · 2026Review
- Exploring CRISPR-Cas: The transformative impact of gene editing in molecular biology.Molecular therapy. Nucleic acids · 2025Review
- mPEG-PLA micelles for nose-to-brain delivery of crizotinib-heptamethine cyanine dye conjugate for potential treatment of glioblastoma.Drug delivery and translational research · 2025Article
- Amlodipine exerts inhibitory effects against glioma stem cells through degrading EGFR and down-regulating its downstream pro-survival pathways.Cell death discovery · 2025Article
- New experimental therapies for glioblastoma: a review of preclinical research.Acta neuropathologica communications · 2025Review
- Identifying and exploiting combinatorial synthetic lethality by characterizing adaptive kinome rewiring of EGFRvIII-driven glioblastoma.Acta neuropathologica communications · 2025Article
- Molecular Biomarkers of Glioma.Biomedicines · 2025Review
67 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
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Abstract
The receptor for epidermal growth factor (EGFR) is a prime target for cancer therapy across a broad variety of tumor types. As it is a tyrosine kinase, small molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) targeting signal transduction, as well as monoclonal antibodies against the EGFR, have been investigated as anti-tumor agents. However, despite the long-known enigmatic EGFR gene amplification and protein overexpression in glioblastoma, the most aggressive intrinsic human brain tumor, the potential of EGFR as a target for this tumor type has been unfulfilled. This review analyses the attempts to use TKIs and monoclonal antibodies against glioblastoma, with special consideration given to immunological approaches, the use of EGFR as a docking molecule for conjugates with toxins, T-cells, oncolytic viruses, exosomes and nanoparticles. Drug delivery issues associated with therapies for intracerebral diseases, with specific emphasis on convection enhanced delivery, are also discussed.
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