Blocking autophagy improves the anti-tumor activity of afatinib in lung adenocarcinoma with activating EGFR mutations in vitro and in vivo

Abstract Afatinib, a second-generation tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI), has been approved for the treatment of advanced EGFR-mutant non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, afatinib’s clinical application is still hampered by acquired resistance. Recently, autophagy is considered as an important...

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Main Authors: Xiangxiang Hu, Si Shi, Huan Wang, Xiaochen Yu, Qian Wang, Shanshan Jiang, Dianwen Ju, Li Ye, Meiqing Feng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-04258-8