Publication Date:
2004-11-30
Description:
Signaling pathways that are activated by epidermal growth factor (EGF) or fibroblast growth factor (FGF) receptors have been identified and compared (detailed Connections Maps are available at Science's Signal Transduction Knowledge Environment). Both receptors stimulate a similar complement of intracellular signaling pathways. However, whereas activated EGF receptors (EGFRs) function as the main platform for recruitment of signaling proteins, signaling through the FGF receptors (FGFRs) is mediated primarily by assembly of a multidocking protein complex. Moreover, FGFR signaling is subject to additional intracellular and extracellular control mechanisms that do not affect EGFR signaling. The differential circuitry of the intracellular networks that are activated by EGFR and FGFR may affect signal specificity and physiological responses.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Schlessinger, Joseph -- R01-AR051448-01/AR/NIAMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 Nov 26;306(5701):1506-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Pharmacology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA. joseph.schlessinger@yale.edu〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15567848" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing/metabolism
;
Binding Sites
;
Dimerization
;
Epidermal Growth Factor/metabolism
;
Fibroblast Growth Factors/metabolism
;
Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans/metabolism
;
Humans
;
Ligands
;
Phosphorylation
;
Receptor, Epidermal Growth Factor/chemistry/*metabolism
;
Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor/chemistry/*metabolism
;
Second Messenger Systems
;
*Signal Transduction
;
Tyrosine/metabolism
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
,
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Computer Science
,
Medicine
,
Natural Sciences in General
,
Physics
