Anti-tubulin drugs conjugated to anti-ErbB antibodies selectively radiosensitize

oleh: Stephen R. Adams, Howard C. Yang, Elamprakash N. Savariar, Joe Aguilera, Jessica L. Crisp, Karra A. Jones, Michael A. Whitney, Scott M. Lippman, Ezra E. W. Cohen, Roger Y. Tsien, Sunil J. Advani

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2016-10-01

Deskripsi

Drugs that sensitize tumour cells to ionizing radiation are prized because they can overcome resistance to radiotherapy. Here, the authors show that anti-tubulin drugs conjugated to cetuximab or trastuzumab can radiosensitize EGFR- or HER2-expressing tumors by increasing DNA damage and cell death due to ionizing radiation.