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ReviewJournal of biomedical science2025

EGF receptor in organ development, tissue homeostasis and regeneration.

Claudia Tito, Silvia Masciarelli, Gianni Colotti, Francesco Fazi

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Review in Journal of biomedical science, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 61 papers.

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61citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

61 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Claudia Tito *Department of Anatomical, Histological, Forensic & Orthopaedic Sciences, Section of Histology & Medical Embryology, Sapienza University of Rome, Via A. Scarpa, 14-16, 00161, Rome, Italy.
Silvia Masciarelli *Department of Anatomical, Histological, Forensic & Orthopaedic Sciences, Section of Histology & Medical Embryology, Sapienza University of Rome, Via A. Scarpa, 14-16, 00161, Rome, Italy.
Gianni Colotti *Institute of Molecular Biology and Pathology, Italian National Research Council, IBPM-CNR, C/O Dept. Biochemical Sciences Sapienza University of Rome, Ed. CU027, P.Le A. Moro 5, 00185, Rome, Italy. gianni.colotti@cnr.it.
Francesco Fazi *Department of Anatomical, Histological, Forensic & Orthopaedic Sciences, Section of Histology & Medical Embryology, Sapienza University of Rome, Via A. Scarpa, 14-16, 00161, Rome, Italy. francesco.fazi@uniroma1.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8332-8842

Funding

Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca NextGenerationEU" DD. 3175/2021 E DD. 3138/2021 CN_3Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca PRIN_2022PNRR Prot. P2022C948RMinistero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca PRIN_2022 Prot. 2022WB59LB
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is a protein embedded in the outer membrane of epithelial and mesenchymal cells, bone cells, blood and immune cells, heart cells, glia and stem neural cells. It belongs to the ErbB family, which includes three other related proteins: HER2/ErbB2/c-neu, HER3/ErbB3, and HER4/ErbB4. EGFR binds to seven known signaling molecules, including epidermal growth factor (EGF) and transforming growth factor-alpha (TGF-α). This binding triggers the formation of receptor pairs (dimers), self-phosphorylation of EGFR, and the activation of several signaling pathways within the cell. These pathways influence various cellular processes like proliferation, differentiation, migration, and survival. EGFR plays a critical role in both development and tissue homeostasis, including tissue repair and adult organ regeneration. Altered expression of EGFR is linked to disruption of tissue homeostasis and various diseases, among which cancer. This review focuses on how EGFR contributes to the development of different organs like the placenta, gut, liver, bone, skin, brain, T cell regulation, pancreas, kidneys, mammary glands and lungs along with their associated pathologies. The involvement of EGFR in organ-specific branching morphogenesis process is also discussed. The level of EGFR activity and its impact vary across different organs. Factors as the affinity of its ligands, recycling or degradation processes, and transactivation by other proteins or environmental factors (such as heat stress and smoking) play a role in regulating EGFR activity. Understanding EGFR's role and regulatory mechanisms holds promise for developing targeted therapeutic strategies.

Indexed as

ErbB ReceptorsHomeostasisOrganogenesisRegenerationAnimalsHumansSignal TransductionErbB ReceptorsEGF ligandsEGFRMammalian developmentSignalingTissue homeostasis

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PMID39966897
PMCPMC11837477

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