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ReviewGenes & diseases2025

HER3: Unmasking a twist in the tale of a previously unsuccessful therapeutic pursuit targeting a key cancer survival pathway.

Omkar Desai, Moeez Rathore, Christina S Boutros, Michel'le Wright, Elizabeth Bryson, Kimberly Curry, Rui Wang

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Review in Genes & diseases, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Omkar DesaiDepartment of Surgery, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
Moeez RathoreDepartment of Surgery, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
Christina S BoutrosDepartment of Surgery, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
Michel'le WrightDepartment of Surgery, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
Elizabeth BrysonDepartment of Surgery, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
Kimberly CurryDepartment of Surgery, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
Rui WangDepartment of Surgery, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.

Funding

TUMOR METABOLISM PROGRAMP30CA043703 · NCI · CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY · PI Amar Desai · 1987 to 2026
$142.3M
Role of LRG1 in colorectal cancer tumorigenesisR37CA278982 · NCI · CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY · PI Rui Wang · 2024 to 2026
$1.1M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA043703NCI NIH HHS R37 CA278982
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

HER3, formally referred to as ERB-B2 receptor tyrosine kinase 3, is a member of the ErbB receptor tyrosine kinases (also known as EGFR) family. HER3 plays a significant pro-cancer role in various types of cancer due to its overexpression and abnormal activation, which initiates downstream signaling pathways crucial in cancer cell survival and progression. As a result, numerous monoclonal antibodies have been developed to block HER3 activation and subsequent signaling pathways. While pre-clinical investigations have effectively showcased significant anti-cancer effects of HER3-targeted therapies, these therapies have had little impact on cancer patient outcomes in the clinic, except for patients with rare

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CancerErbB3HER3NeuregulinTumor microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID40290122
PMCPMC12022662

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