2017
Systematic Drug Screening Identifies Tractable Targeted Combination Therapies in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
Wali VB, Langdon CG, Held MA, Platt JT, Patwardhan GA, Safonov A, Aktas B, Pusztai L, Stern DF, Hatzis C. Systematic Drug Screening Identifies Tractable Targeted Combination Therapies in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer. Cancer Research 2017, 77: 566-578. PMID: 27872098, PMCID: PMC5582957, DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-16-1901.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTriple-negative breast cancerTNBC cell linesPairwise drug combinationsClinical translationAggressive diseaseCombination therapyBreast cancerPreclinical proofDrug combinationsCombination treatmentInvestigational drugsSingle agentSensitivity patternCell sensitivityCell linesTherapyApoptotic activityAnticancer activityDownregulated genesMitogenic signalingCrizotinibBlockadeClinicAgentsCancer
1998
Cell surface density of p185(c-erbB-2) determines susceptibility to anti-p185(c-erbB-2)-ricin A chain (RTA) immunotoxin therapy alone and in combination with anti-p170(EGFR)-RTA in ovarian cancer cells.
Dean G, Pusztai L, Xu F, O'Briant K, DeSombre K, Conaway M, Boyer C, Mendelsohn J, Bast R. Cell surface density of p185(c-erbB-2) determines susceptibility to anti-p185(c-erbB-2)-ricin A chain (RTA) immunotoxin therapy alone and in combination with anti-p170(EGFR)-RTA in ovarian cancer cells. Clinical Cancer Research 1998, 4: 2545-50. PMID: 9796989.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsDrug SynergismErbB ReceptorsFemaleHumansImmunotoxinsMiceOvarian NeoplasmsReceptor, ErbB-2RicinTumor Cells, CulturedConceptsOvarian cancer cellsReceptors/cellCancer cellsC-erbBSynergistic cytotoxicityCopies/cellTumor cellsSKOV3 human ovarian cancer cellsHuman ovarian cancer cellsClonogenic tumor cellsCell surface densityBreast cancerRTA immunotoxinsNude miceSame immunotoxinFirst treatmentAnchorage-independent growthAnchorage-dependent growthVivo growthClonogenic cellsImmunotoxinExpression levelsSignificant correlationCell linesNormal cells