Abnormally activated OPN/integrin αVβ3/FAK signalling is responsible for EGFR-TKI resistance in EGFR mutant non-small-cell lung cancer.
Yulong FuYang ZhangZhe LeiTing LiuTingting CaiAnqi WangWenwen DuYuanyuan ZengJianjie ZhuZeyi LiuJian-An HuangPublished in: Journal of hematology & oncology (2020)
OPN contributes to acquired EGFR-TKI resistance by up-regulating expression of integrin αVβ3, which activates the downstream FAK/AKT and ERK signalling pathways to promote cell proliferation in NSCLC.