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Oncotarget. 2018 Apr 06;9(26):18494-18509. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.24892. eCollection 2018 Apr 06.

Connective tissue growth factor-specific monoclonal antibody inhibits growth of malignant mesothelioma in an orthotopic mouse model.

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Yuuki Ohara, Shan Hwu Chew, Nobuaki Misawa, Shenqi Wang, Daiki Somiya, Kae Nakamura, Hiroaki Kajiyama, Fumitaka Kikkawa, Yuta Tsuyuki, Li Jiang, Kyoko Yamashita, Yoshitaka Sekido, Kenneth E Lipson, Shinya Toyokuni

Affiliations

  1. Department of Pathology and Biological Responses, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan.
  2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan.
  3. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan.
  4. Division of Molecular Oncology, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Nagoya 464-8681, Japan.
  5. FibroGen, Inc., San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.
  6. Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney 2006, Australia.

PMID: 29719620 PMCID: PMC5915087 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.24892

Abstract

Malignant mesothelioma is an aggressive neoplasm with no particularly effective treatments. We previously reported that overexpression of connective tissue growth factor (CTGF/CCN2) promotes mesothelioma growth, thus suggesting it as a novel molecular target. A human monoclonal antibody that antagonizes CTGF (FG-3019, pamrevlumab) attenuates malignant properties of different kinds of human cancers and is currently under clinical trial for the treatment of pancreatic cancer. This study reports the effects of FG-3019 on human mesothelioma

Keywords: FG-3019 (pamrevlumab); connective tissue growth factor (CTGF); malignant mesothelioma; molecular target therapy; tumor microenvironment

Conflict of interest statement

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST The authors except Kenneth E. Lipson declare that they have no competing interests. FibroGen provided FG-3019 for investigation. FibroGen did not provide any funds for these expe

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