Glioblastoma Resistance to Anti-VEGF Therapy: Has the Challenge Been MET?

In glioblastoma cells the receptor tyrosine kinase c-Met is upregulated in response to bevacizumab and plays an important role in promoting invasion and tumor recurrence. These data support novel links between VEGF-A and hepatocyte growth factor and suggest that c-Met and its signaling effectors may be effective targets for anti-invasive therapies. Clin Cancer Res; 19(7); 1631-3. (C) 2013 AACR.