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ReviewCancer letters2025

Nectin-4 expression patterns and therapeutics in oncology.

Mina Nikanjam, Judith Pérez-Granado, Mark Gramling, Bruno Larvol, Razelle Kurzrock

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Review in Cancer letters, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Prognostic value and diagnostic performance of nectin-4-targeted [European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2026
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  3. Dual-Target Nectin-4/FAP Heterobivalent ProbeAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  5. Evaluation of HER2 and Nectin-4 Expression in Primary Vaginal Cancers.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  20. JUNB and JUND in Urological Cancers: A Literature Review.Current issues in molecular biology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Mina NikanjamDivision of Hematology-Oncology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, San Diego, CA, USA. Electronic address: mnikanjam@health.ucsd.edu.
Judith Pérez-GranadoThe LARVOL Group LLC, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Mark GramlingThe LARVOL Group LLC, San Francisco, CA, USA. Electronic address: mark.gramling@larvol.com.
Bruno LarvolThe LARVOL Group LLC, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Razelle KurzrockMedical College of Wisconsin Cancer Center, Milwaukee, WI, USA; WIN Consortium, France. Electronic address: rkurzrock@mcw.edu.

Funding

SWOG Network Group Operations Center of the NCTNU10CA180888 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI PRIMO N. LARA · 2014 to 2026
$152.1M
Medical College of Wisconsin Lead Academic Participating Site RenewalUG1CA233198 · NCI · MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN · PI William H Bradley, Elizabeth M Gore · 2019 to 2026
$5.0M
NCI NIH HHS U10 CA180888NCI NIH HHS UG1 CA233198
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nectin-4 is a transmembrane receptor that is implicated in migration, adhesion, and proliferation of tumor cells. It has minimal expression in healthy adult tissue but is overexpressed in a number of cancers, with higher expression levels seen in breast, bladder, colorectal, gallbladder, gastric, and non-small cell lung cancers. Enfortumab vedotin is an antibody-drug conjugate against nectin-4 that has been studied in a number of solid tumors and is FDA-approved for advanced urothelial cancers (including in combination with pembrolizumab). There are a number of other nectin-4-targeting agents under investigation. This review summarizes nectin-4 expression (membranous and cytoplasmic)/amplification in cancer and its potential as a response biomarker, as well as clinical trials of enfortumab vedotin and novel nectin-4 targeting agents. Biomarker-driven approaches merit investigation for nectin-4 directed across tumor types.

Indexed as

Biomarkers, TumorCell Adhesion MoleculesNeoplasmsAntibodies, MonoclonalGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansNectinsAntibodies, MonoclonalBiomarkers, TumorCell Adhesion Moleculesenfortumab vedotinNECTIN4 protein, humanNectinsAntibody-drug conjugateBiomarker-driven approachEnfortumab vedotinNectin-4

Identifiers

PMID40209851
PMCPMC12132789

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