Therapeutic targeting of the functionally elusive TAM receptor family

YR Miao, EB Rankin, AJ Giaccia - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2024 - nature.com
The TAM receptor family of TYRO3, AXL and MERTK regulates tissue and immune
homeostasis. Aberrant TAM receptor signalling has been linked to a range of diseases …

[HTML][HTML] Two-front war on cancer—Targeting TAM receptors in solid tumour therapy

A Mikolajczyk, F Mitula, D Popiel, B Kaminska… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary In recent years, many studies have shown the importance of TAM kinases
in both normal and neoplastic cells. In this review, we present and discuss the role of the …

TAM family kinases as therapeutic targets at the interface of cancer and immunity

D DeRyckere, JM Huelse, HS Earp… - Nature Reviews Clinical …, 2023 - nature.com
Novel treatment approaches are needed to overcome innate and acquired mechanisms of
resistance to current anticancer therapies in cancer cells and the tumour immune …

[HTML][HTML] The dual role of TAM receptors in autoimmune diseases and cancer: an overview

M Wium, JD Paccez, LF Zerbini - Cells, 2018 - mdpi.com
Receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) regulate cellular processes by converting signals from the
extracellular environment to the cytoplasm and nucleus. Tyro3, Axl, and Mer (TAM) receptors …

[HTML][HTML] Tam Receptor inhibition–implications for cancer and the immune system

P Aehnlich, RM Powell, MJW Peeters, A Rahbech… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary TAM receptors are a family of receptor tyrosine kinases, comprising Tyro3,
Axl and MerTK. Their primary role is in digestion of dying cells by macrophages without …

[HTML][HTML] The role of TAM family receptors in immune cell function: implications for cancer therapy

M Paolino, JM Penninger - Cancers, 2016 - mdpi.com
The TAM receptor protein tyrosine kinases—Tyro3, Axl, and Mer—are essential regulators of
immune homeostasis. Guided by their cognate ligands Growth arrest-specific gene 6 (Gas6) …

TAM receptor tyrosine kinases: biologic functions, signaling, and potential therapeutic targeting in human cancer

RMA Linger, AK Keating, HS Earp… - Advances in cancer …, 2008 - Elsevier
Tyro‐3, Axl, and Mer constitute the TAM family of receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs)
characterized by a conserved sequence within the kinase domain and adhesion molecule …

[HTML][HTML] TAM-ing T cells in the tumor microenvironment: implications for TAM receptor targeting

MJW Peeters, A Rahbech, P thor Straten - Cancer Immunology …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract The TAM receptors—TYRO3, AXL, MERTK—are pleiotropically expressed
receptors in both healthy and diseased tissue. A complex of the ligands Protein S (PROS1) …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting Tyro3, Axl and MerTK (TAM receptors): implications for macrophages in the tumor microenvironment

KV Myers, SR Amend, KJ Pienta - Molecular cancer, 2019 - Springer
Tumor-associated macrophages are an abundant cell type in the tumor microenvironment.
These macrophages serve as a promising target for treatment of cancer due to their roles in …

[HTML][HTML] A potent and selective dual inhibitor of AXL and MERTK possesses both immunomodulatory and tumor-targeted activity

J Rios-Doria, M Favata, K Lasky, P Feldman… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
TYRO3, AXL, and MERTK constitute the TAM family of receptor tyrosine kinases, which play
important roles in tumor growth, survival, cell adhesion, as well as innate immunity …