Malignant cells fuel tumor growth by educating infiltrating leukocytes to produce the mitogen Gas6

S Loges, T Schmidt, M Tjwa… - Blood, The Journal …, 2010 - ashpublications.org
The transforming and tumor growth–promoting properties of Axl, a member of the Tyro3, Axl,
and Mer (TAM) family of receptor tyrosine kinases (TAMRs), are well recognized. In contrast …

[HTML][HTML] Macrophage biology and mechanisms of immune suppression in breast cancer

AK Mehta, S Kadel, MG Townsend, M Oliwa… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Macrophages are crucial innate immune cells that maintain tissue homeostasis and defend
against pathogens; however, their infiltration into tumors has been associated with adverse …

[HTML][HTML] TAM receptors and the regulation of erythropoiesis in mice

H Tang, S Chen, H Wang, H Wu, Q Lu, D Han - Haematologica, 2009 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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Tumor-associated macrophages as targets for tumor immunotherapy

A Weigert, D Sekar, B Brüne - Immunotherapy, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Restoration of one of the major physiological functions of the body's immune response, the
rejection of malignant cells, is a promising yet challenging task for cancer therapy …

[HTML][HTML] The TAM receptor tyrosine kinases Axl and Mer drive the maintenance of highly phagocytic macrophages

L Jiménez-García, C Mayer, PG Burrola… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Many apoptotic thymocytes are generated during the course of T cell selection in the thymus,
yet the machinery through which these dead cells are recognized and phagocytically …

[HTML][HTML] Protein S drives oral squamous cell carcinoma tumorigenicity through regulation of AXL

G Abboud-Jarrous, S Priya, A Maimon, S Fischman… - Oncotarget, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The TAM family of proto-oncogenic receptor protein tyrosine kinases, comprising of TYRO3,
AXL, and MERTK, is implicated in many human cancers. Their activation leads to cancer cell …

TAM receptor tyrosine kinases: expression, disease and oncogenesis in the central nervous system

AM Pierce, AK Keating - Brain research, 2014 - Elsevier
Receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) are cell surface proteins that tightly regulate a variety of
downstream intra-cellular processes; ligand-receptor interactions result in cascades of …

Novel insights in the regulation and function of macrophages in the tumor microenvironment

E Bolli, K Movahedi, D Laoui… - Current opinion in …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Delineating the regulatory pathways governing TAM heterogeneity and activation could
present a novel frontier in cancer therapy. TAM targeting/repolarization is considered as a …

[HTML][HTML] Tumour-secreted protein S (ProS1) activates a Tyro3-Erk signalling axis and protects cancer cells from apoptosis

N Al Kafri, S Hafizi - Cancers, 2019 - mdpi.com
The TAM subfamily (Tyro3, Axl, MerTK) of receptor tyrosine kinases are implicated in several
cancers, where they have been shown to support primary tumorigenesis as well as …

Tumor location determines tissue-specific recruitment of tumor-associated macrophages and antibody-dependent immunotherapy response

B Lehmann, M Biburger, C Brückner… - Science …, 2017 - science.org
Despite recent advances in activating immune cells to target tumors, the presence of some
immune cells, such as tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) or tumor-associated …