Treatment of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2/neu)-expressing breast cancer patients with a monoclonal antibody (mAb) directed against HER2/neu improves the outcome of chemotherapy. In cases in which remission is observed, antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC) seems to be one of the main mechanisms of anti-HER2/neu mAb action, implicating Fc gamma receptors (Fc gamm...

Introduction Overexpression of the mdr-1 gene is the earliest discovered mechanism of multidrug resistance, which is associated with P-glycoprotein (P-gp) - a cell membrane protein responsible for the efflux of drugs of various structures out of cancer cells. Although the expression of P-glycoprotein has been demonstrated in many cancer types, its relation to markers of hypoxia such as HIF-1α, ...

Abstract Background Breast cancer is known to be one of the most affecting women around globe and second common in general. In third worlds countries, breast cause death. Early diagnosis accurate follow-up these patients affect management. There are multiple prognostic factors important immunohistochemical molecular markers specimens including human epidermal growth factor, progesterone, estrog...

PURPOSE The studies described here are intended to characterize the ability of BMS-599626, a small-molecule inhibitor of the human epidermal growth factor receptor (HER) kinase family, to modulate signaling and growth of tumor cells that depend on HER1 and/or HER2. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN The potency and selectivity of BMS-599626 were assessed in biochemical assays using recombinant protein kinas...

BACKGROUND A number of studies have shown over-expression of cox-2 in breast cancer. Also it has been recorded that human breast cancer expresses high level of cox-2 and 12-lipoxygenase which may be beneficial in future therapy plan for those patients. AIMS The present study aims to examine the level of transcripts of cox-2 and 12-lipoxygenase in Egyptian breast cancer patients and to compare...

BACKGROUND Her2/neu is one of the epidermal growth factor receptors families and seems to have prognostic significance of some solid tumors. The objective of this study is to evaluate the possibility of Her2 expression in gastric cancers and the possible relationship of Her2 with tumor's clinicopathologic parameters and also its prognostic role. METHODS This study was performed on 100 cases o...

NKG2D ligands link the innate and adapative immune response by activating the receptors expressed on effector cells of both the innate (NK) and adaptive immune systems (CD8(+) T cells). In this study, we explored the potential therapeutic utility of this intersection by fusing the murine NKG2D ligand Rae-1β to the 3' end of an anti-HER2 IgG3 antibody containing an intact Fc domain (anti-HER2 Ig...

The overexpressed HER2 (human epidermal growth factor receptor 2) is a valuable therapeutic target. Precise assessment of HER2 status is thus crucial in the treatment of breast cancer. In this study, formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded samples of tumors from 304 breast cancer patients who underwent curative surgery procedures between 2011 and 2014 were tested by immunohistochemistry (IHC) as a pr...

ownload tment of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2/neu)-expressing breast cancer patients with oclonal antibody (mAb) directed against HER2/neu improves the outcome of chemotherapy. In cases in remission is observed, antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC) seems to be one of the echanisms of anti-HER2/neu mAb action, implicating Fcγ receptors (FcγRs) in this tumoricida...

T-cell-based therapies have emerged as one of the most clinically effective ways to target solid and non-solid tumors. HER2 is responsible for the oncogenesis and treatment resistance of several human solid tumors. As a member of the HER family of tyrosine kinase receptors, its over-activity confers unfavorable clinical outcome. Targeted therapies directed at this receptor have achieved respons...