TRKing down an old oncogene in a new era of targeted therapy

A Vaishnavi, AT Le, RC Doebele - Cancer discovery, 2015 - AACR
The use of high-throughput next-generation sequencing techniques in multiple tumor types
during the last few years has identified NTRK1, 2, and 3 gene rearrangements encoding …

[HTML][HTML] Detection of tumor NTRK gene fusions to identify patients who may benefit from tyrosine kinase (TRK) inhibitor therapy

SJ Hsiao, A Zehir, AN Sireci, DL Aisner - The Journal of Molecular …, 2019 - Elsevier
Chromosomal rearrangements involving the NTRK1, NTRK2, and NTRK3 genes (NTRK
genes), which encode the high-affinity nerve growth factor receptor (TRKA), brain-derived …

Targeting TRK family proteins in cancer

YB Khotskaya, VR Holla, AF Farago, KRM Shaw… - Pharmacology & …, 2017 - Elsevier
The tropomyosin receptor kinase (TRK) family includes TRKA, TRKB, and TRKC proteins,
which are encoded by NTRK1, NTRK2 and NTRK3 genes, respectively. Binding of …

Diagnosis and molecular classification of lung cancer

J Rodriguez-Canales, E Parra-Cuentas… - Lung Cancer: Treatment …, 2016 - Springer
Lung cancer is a complex disease composed of diverse histological and molecular types
with clinical relevance. The advent of large-scale molecular profiling has been helpful to …

Entrectinib, a Pan–TRK, ROS1, and ALK inhibitor with activity in multiple molecularly defined cancer indications

E Ardini, M Menichincheri, P Banfi, R Bosotti… - Molecular cancer …, 2016 - AACR
Activated ALK and ROS1 tyrosine kinases, resulting from chromosomal rearrangements,
occur in a subset of non–small cell lung cancers (NSCLC) as well as other tumor types and …

Testing algorithm for identification of patients with TRK fusion cancer

F Penault-Llorca, ER Rudzinski… - Journal of clinical …, 2019 - jcp.bmj.com
The neurotrophic tyrosine receptor kinase (NTRK) gene family encodes three tropomyosin
receptor kinases (TRKA, TRKB, TRKC) that contribute to central and peripheral nervous …

Discovery of entrectinib: a new 3-aminoindazole as a potent anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK), c-ros oncogene 1 kinase (ROS1), and pan-tropomyosin receptor …

M Menichincheri, E Ardini, P Magnaghi… - Journal of medicinal …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) is a receptor tyrosine kinase responsible for the
development of different tumor types. Despite the remarkable clinical activity of crizotinib …

Emerging treatment strategies for glioblastoma multiforme

SK Carlsson, SP Brothers… - EMBO molecular medicine, 2014 - embopress.org
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the deadliest form of brain tumor with a more than 90% 5‐
year mortality. GBM has a paltry median survival of 12.6 months attributed to the unique …

Molecular and clinicopathologic features of gliomas harboring NTRK fusions

M Torre, V Vasudevaraja, J Serrano… - Acta Neuropathologica …, 2020 - Springer
Fusions involving neurotrophic tyrosine receptor kinase (NTRK) genes are detected in≤ 2%
of gliomas and can promote gliomagenesis. The remarkable therapeutic efficacy of TRK …

A review of NTRK fusions in cancer

CA Manea, DC Badiu, IC Ploscaru… - Annals of Medicine …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
The family of the neurotrophic tropomyosin kinase receptors (NTRK or TRK) is a part of the
transmembrane tyrosine kinases responsible for neuronal development. The members of …