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Detection Of Oncogenic Mutations In The Egfr Gene In Lung Adenocarcinoma With Differential Sensitivity To Egfr Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors, Torstein Tengs
Detection Of Oncogenic Mutations In The Egfr Gene In Lung Adenocarcinoma With Differential Sensitivity To Egfr Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors, Torstein Tengs
Dr. Torstein Tengs
The complete sequencing of the human genome and the development of molecularly targeted cancer therapy have promoted efforts to identify systematically the genetic alterations in human cancer. By high-throughput sequencing of tyrosine kinase genes in human non-small-cell lung cancer, we identified somatic mutations in the kinase domain of the epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase gene (EGFR) that are correlated with clinical response to EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs). We have shown that these mutant forms of EGFR induce oncogenic transformation in different cellular systems. Cells whose growth depends on EGFR with mutations in exons 19 and 21 are sensitive …