In vitro synergistic effect of AXL, FAK and ErbB receptors inhibitors for head and neck cancer. (PubMed, Biol Direct)
To this end, this study aims to evaluate the antitumor efficacy of a combined treatment with low doses of different molecular targeted drugs, i.e. Y15, a FAK inhibitor, Afatinib (AFA) an ErbB inhibitor and TP-0903, an Axl inhibitor, on HNC. Moreover, as compared to the individual inhibitors and their pairwise combinations, the triple drug combination was the only able to simultaneously downregulate Axl, FAK, and N-cadherin while upregulating E-cadherin expression levels. The results reported herein provide compelling preliminary evidence supporting the combined use of Y15, AFA and TP-0903 as a novel therapeutic strategy for HNCs.