ArticleCancers2020
rhEGF Treatment Improves EGFR Inhibitor-Induced Skin Barrier and Immune Defects.
Article in Cancers, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Risk of high-grade infections in colorectal cancer patients treated with anti-EGFR monoclonal antibodies: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Pooled it
- Efficacy of Cosmetic Debridement and Suture With Recombinant Human EGF in Maxillofacial Trauma: A Meta-Analysis.Journal of cosmetic dermatology · 2025Pooled it
- Immune function in X-linked retinoschisis subjects in an AAV8-RS1 phase I/IIa gene therapy trial.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2021Trial
- Instrumental In Vivo Assessment of Cosmetic Emulsions Containing Platelet-Rich Fibrin (PRF) or Recombinant Epidermal Growth Factor (EGF): A Pilot Compatibility Study.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Chinese botanical drugs for mitigating epidermal growth factor receptor-targeted therapy-associated cutaneous toxicity: immune mechanisms and translational pathways.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2026Review
- Cutaneous Adverse Effects of EGFR Therapy in Breast Cancer Treatment.Clinical and translational science · 2025Review
- Chinese traditional medicine complex hemorrhoidal analgesic cream promotes wound healing in diabetic rats after anal fistula surgery via Keap1/Nrf2 signaling pathway.Biochemistry and biophysics reports · 2025Article
- Brigatinib can inhibit proliferation and induce apoptosis of human immortalized keratinocyte cells.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025Article
- Assessing Barrier Function in Psoriasis and Cornification Models of Artificial Skin Using Non-Invasive Impedance Spectroscopy.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2024Article
- Mechanism of action of adapalene for treating EGFR-TKI-induced skin disorder.Thoracic cancer · 2024Article
- The use of epidermal growth factor in dermatological practice.International wound journal · 2023Review
- EGFR Activation Impairs Antiviral Activity of Interferon Signaling in Brain Microvascular Endothelial Cells During Japanese Encephalitis Virus Infection.Frontiers in microbiology · 2022Article
- Mechanism of Lethal Skin Toxicities Induced by Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Inhibitors and Related Treatment Strategies.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Review
- Exploring the role of epidermal growth factor receptor variant III in meningeal tumors.PloS one · 2021Article
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Abstract
The mechanisms of epidermal growth factor (EGF) affecting EGF receptor inhibitor (EGFRI)-related skin toxicities are as yet unknown. We investigated which mechanisms are involved in EGF's positive effects. Two types of EGFRIs, cetuximab and gefitinib, were used to treat the cells or 3d-cultured human skin tissue with recombinant human EGF (rhEGF). As a result, rhEGF increased EGFR and pEGFR expression. Furthermore, rhEGF induces EGFR signaling by pAKT and pPI3K expression in gefitinib and rhEGF co-treated cells. In addition, rhEGF bound to EGFR after than cetuximab, but cetuximab bound to EGFR more strongly than rhEGF. Moreover, expressions of proliferation and differentiation proteins, both ki-67 and filaggrin, were decreased in EGFRI-treated tissue. However, in rhEGF and EGFRI co-treated tissue, those expressions were increased. Expression of IL-1α, IL-8, and TNF-α was increased by EGFRIs and down-regulated by rhEGF. Furthermore, hBD-2 and hBD-3 protein expressions were inhibited by cetuximab or gefitinib treatment, and those decrements were increased by rhEGF treatment. In patients' tissue evaluation, compared with controls, patients' Ki-67 and EGFR expression were decreased (
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