Description
EpidermalGrowth Factor Receptor is known as HER1 and is a member of the so-called HERfamily of receptors or the epidermal growth factor "super-family."The HER family receptors including HER1, HER2, HER3, and HER4 arecharacterized by partnerships or couplings between individual family members.For example, the HER1/HER2 coupling (dimer) is felt to be the most importantstimulus for breast cancer growth in HER2-positive breast cancers