It is well established that the Eph/ephrin system plays a central role in the embryonic development, with minor implications in the physiology of the adult. However, it is overexpressed and deregulated in a variety of tumors, with a primary involvement in tumorigenesis, tumor angiogenesis, metastasis development, and cancer stem cell regeneration.Targeting the Eph/ephrin system with biologicals, including antibodies and recombinant proteins, reduces tumor growth in animal models of hematological malignancies, breast, prostate, colon, head and neck cancers and glioblastoma. Currently, some of these biopharmaceutical agents are under investigations in phase I or phase II clinical trials.Peptides and small molecules targeting protein-protein-interaction (PPI) are in the late preclinical phase where they are showing promising activity in models of glioblastoma, ovarian and lung cancer.The present review summarizes the most critical findings proposing the Eph/ephrin signaling system as a new target in molecularly targeted oncology.

Targeting Eph/ephrin system in cancer therapy / Lodola, Alessio; Giorgio, Carmine; Incerti, Matteo; Zanotti, Ilaria; Tognolini, Massimiliano. - In: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY. - ISSN 0223-5234. - 142:(2017), pp. 152-162. [10.1016/j.ejmech.2017.07.029]

Targeting Eph/ephrin system in cancer therapy

LODOLA, Alessio;GIORGIO, Carmine;INCERTI, Matteo;ZANOTTI, Ilaria;TOGNOLINI, Massimiliano
2017-01-01

Abstract

It is well established that the Eph/ephrin system plays a central role in the embryonic development, with minor implications in the physiology of the adult. However, it is overexpressed and deregulated in a variety of tumors, with a primary involvement in tumorigenesis, tumor angiogenesis, metastasis development, and cancer stem cell regeneration.Targeting the Eph/ephrin system with biologicals, including antibodies and recombinant proteins, reduces tumor growth in animal models of hematological malignancies, breast, prostate, colon, head and neck cancers and glioblastoma. Currently, some of these biopharmaceutical agents are under investigations in phase I or phase II clinical trials.Peptides and small molecules targeting protein-protein-interaction (PPI) are in the late preclinical phase where they are showing promising activity in models of glioblastoma, ovarian and lung cancer.The present review summarizes the most critical findings proposing the Eph/ephrin signaling system as a new target in molecularly targeted oncology.
2017
Targeting Eph/ephrin system in cancer therapy / Lodola, Alessio; Giorgio, Carmine; Incerti, Matteo; Zanotti, Ilaria; Tognolini, Massimiliano. - In: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY. - ISSN 0223-5234. - 142:(2017), pp. 152-162. [10.1016/j.ejmech.2017.07.029]
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