C-KIT signaling in cancer treatment

K Stankov, S Popovic, M Mikov - Current pharmaceutical …, 2014 - ingentaconnect.com
Tumor progression is strongly associated with the activity of receptor tyrosine kinases
(RTKs) and their intracellular signal transduction pathways, which regulate several cell …

The stem cell factor receptor/c-Kit as a drug target in cancer

J Lennartsson, L Ronnstrand - Current cancer drug targets, 2006 - ingentaconnect.com
Tyrosine phosphorylation has a key role in intracellular signaling. Inappropriate proliferation
and survival cues in tumor cells often occur as a consequence of unregulated tyrosine …

[HTML][HTML] Role and significance of c-KIT receptor tyrosine kinase in cancer: A review

E Sheikh, T Tran, S Vranic, A Levy… - Bosnian journal of basic …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract c-kit is a classical proto-oncogene that encodes a receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK)
that responds to stem cell factor (SCF). C-KIT signaling is a critical regulator of cell …

c-Kit receptors as a therapeutic target in cancer: current insights

MS Abdellateif, AK Bayoumi… - OncoTargets and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract c-Kit is a type III receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) that has an essential role in various
biological functions including gametogenesis, melanogenesis, hematopoiesis, cell survival …

[HTML][HTML] A holistic view on c-Kit in cancer: Structure, signaling, pathophysiology and its inhibitors

S Pathania, OT Pentikäinen, PK Singh - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta …, 2021 - Elsevier
Receptor tyrosine kinases play an important role in many cellular processes, and their
dysregulation leads to diseases, most importantly cancer. One such receptor tyrosine kinase …

Signal transduction via the stem cell factor receptor/c-Kit

L Rönnstrand - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences CMLS, 2004 - Springer
Together with its ligand, stem cell factor, the receptor tyrosine kinase c-Kit is a key controlling
receptor for a number of cell types, including hematopoietic stem cells, mast cells …

[PDF][PDF] C-Kit signal transduction and involvement in cancer

J Lennartsson, O Voytyuk, E Heiss, C Sundberg… - Cancer …, 2005 - ronnstrand.com
Receptor tyrosine kinases, such as c-Kit, are proteins whose function it is to transduce
signals from the environment into the cell leading to complex behaviors such as …

[HTML][HTML] The C-kit receptor-mediated signal transduction and tumor-related diseases

J Liang, YL Wu, BJ Chen, W Zhang… - … journal of biological …, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
As an important member of tyrosine kinase family, c-kit receptor causes specific expression
of certain genes, regulates cell differentiation and proliferation, resists cell apoptosis, and …

[HTML][HTML] Structure of a c-kit product complex reveals the basis for kinase transactivation

CD Mol, KB Lim, V Sridhar, H Zou, EYT Chien… - Journal of Biological …, 2003 - ASBMB
The c-Kit proto-oncogene is a receptor protein-tyrosine kinase associated with several
highly malignant human cancers. Upon binding its ligand, stem cell factor (SCF), c-Kit forms …

Receptor tyrosine kinase (c-Kit) inhibitors: a potential therapeutic target in cancer cells

M Abbaspour Babaei, B Kamalidehghan… - Drug design …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
c-Kit, a receptor tyrosine kinase, is involved in intracellular signaling, and the mutated form
of c-Kit plays a crucial role in occurrence of some cancers. The function of c-Kit has led to the …