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 …

Modeling pancreatic cancer in mice for experimental therapeutics

K Mallya, SK Gautam, A Aithal, SK Batra… - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2021 - Elsevier
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a highly aggressive malignancy that is
characterized by early metastasis, low resectability, high recurrence, and therapy resistance …

[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 …

Hijacking TYRO3 from tumor cells via trogocytosis enhances NK-cell effector functions and proliferation

T Lu, R Ma, Z Li, AG Mansour, KY Teng, L Chen… - Cancer immunology …, 2021 - AACR
Trogocytosis is a fast, cell–cell contact-dependent uptake of membrane patches and
associated molecules by one cell from another. Here, we report our investigation of …

Novel substrate prediction for the TAM family of RTKs using phosphoproteomics and structure-based modeling

NE Widstrom, GV Andrianov, JL Heier… - ACS Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The TAM family of receptor tyrosine kinases is implicated in multiple distinct oncogenic
signaling pathways. However, to date, there are no FDA-approved small molecule inhibitors …

[HTML][HTML] TYRO3 promotes tumorigenesis and drug resistance in colorectal cancer by enhancing the epithelial-mesenchymal transition process

X Shao, Y Sun, K Zhong, J Gu, Y Yu, T Hu… - Aging (Albany …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a leading cause of cancer mortality worldwide. Although
considerable advances in CRC treatment have been achieved, effective treatment …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of signalling pathways activated by Tyro3 that promote cell survival, proliferation and invasiveness in human cancer cells

N Al Kafri, S Hafizi - Biochemistry and biophysics reports, 2021 - Elsevier
Tyro3 is a member of the TAM subfamily of receptor tyrosine kinases alongside Axl and
MerTK, which are activated by homologous ligands Gas6 and protein S. The TAMs activate …

[HTML][HTML] TYRO3 promotes chemoresistance via increased LC3 expression in pancreatic cancer

K Hara, Y Horikoshi, M Morimoto, K Nakaso… - Translational …, 2023 - Elsevier
Pancreatic cancer (PC) is an aggressive malignancy with few treatment options, and
improved treatment strategies are urgently required. TYRO3, a member of the TAM receptor …

[HTML][HTML] G-749 Promotes Receptor Tyrosine Kinase TYRO3 Degradation and Induces Apoptosis in Both Colon Cancer Cell Lines and Xenograft Mouse Models

HD Kim, EJ Park, EK Choi, SY Song, KL Hoe… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
G-749 is an FLT3 kinase inhibitor that was originally developed as a treatment for acute
myeloid leukemia. Some FLT3 kinase inhibitors are dual kinase inhibitors that inhibit the …

Targeting TAM to tame pancreatic cancer

MS von Itzstein, MC Burke, RA Brekken, TA Aguilera… - Targeted …, 2020 - Springer
Pancreatic cancer is expected to become the second leading cause of cancer-related death
within the next few years. Current therapeutic strategies have limited effectiveness and …