Role of cMET in the development and progression of colorectal cancer

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 18056-18077

  Pérez Vargas, Juan Carlos Samamé ^a   Biondani, Pamela ^b   Maggi, Claudia ^b   Gariboldi, Manuela ^b,c   Gloghini, Annunziata ^b   Inno, Alessandro ^d   Volpi, Chiara Costanza ^b   Gualeni, Ambra Vittoria ^b   di Bartolomeo, Maria ^b   de Braud, Filippo ^b   Castano, Alessandra ^b   Bossi, Ilaria ^b   Pietrantonio, Filippo ^b  

^a Arnau Vilanova Hospital   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c FIRC INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^d SACRO CUORE DON CALABRIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Hepatocyte growth factor; Mesenchymal epithelial transition factor; Pathogenesis; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

CABOZANTINIB; CETUXIMAB; CRIZOTINIB; FICLATUZUMAB; FORETINIB; IRINOTECAN; METMAB; MICRORNA; ONARTUZUMAB; PANITUMUMAB; PLACEBO; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITOR; RILOTUMUMAB; SCATTER FACTOR; SCATTER FACTOR RECEPTOR; TIVANTINIB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RESISTANCE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL INVASION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG TARGETING; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MET GENE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE; POINT MUTATION; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; REVIEW; SURVIVAL TIME; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; UPREGULATION;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; HEPATOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR; HUMANS;

EID: 84883636808     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms140918056     Document Type: Review

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