The importance of the RET gene in thyroid cancer and therapeutic implications

D Salvatore, M Santoro, M Schlumberger - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Since the discovery of the RET receptor tyrosine kinase in 1985, alterations of this protein
have been found in diverse thyroid cancer subtypes. RET gene rearrangements are …

Role of RET protein-tyrosine kinase inhibitors in the treatment RET-driven thyroid and lung cancers

R Roskoski Jr, A Sadeghi-Nejad - Pharmacological Research, 2018 - Elsevier
RET is a transmembrane receptor protein-tyrosine kinase that is required for the
development of the nervous system and several other tissues. The mechanism of activation …

Pathogenic germline variants in 10,389 adult cancers

K Huang, RJ Mashl, Y Wu, DI Ritter, J Wang, C Oh… - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
We conducted the largest investigation of predisposition variants in cancer to date,
discovering 853 pathogenic or likely pathogenic variants in 8% of 10,389 cases from 33 …

RET signaling in breast cancer therapeutic resistance and metastasis

G Pecar, S Liu, J Hooda, JM Atkinson… - Breast Cancer …, 2023 - Springer
RET, a single-pass receptor tyrosine kinase encoded on human chromosome 10, is well
known to the field of developmental biology for its role in the ontogenesis of the central and …

Tracing the origin and evolution of pseudokinases across the tree of life

A Kwon, S Scott, R Taujale, W Yeung, KJ Kochut… - Science …, 2019 - science.org
Protein phosphorylation by eukaryotic protein kinases (ePKs) is a fundamental mechanism
of cell signaling in all organisms. In model vertebrates,~ 10% of ePKs are classified as …

RET receptor tyrosine kinase: role in neurodegeneration, obesity, and cancer

AK Mahato, YA Sidorova - International journal of molecular sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Rearranged during transfection (RET) is the tyrosine kinase receptor that under normal
circumstances interacts with ligand at the cell surface and mediates various essential roles …

Renaissance of allostery to disrupt protein kinase interactions

AE Leroux, RM Biondi - Trends in Biochemical Sciences, 2020 - cell.com
Protein–protein interactions often regulate the activity of protein kinases by allosterically
modulating the conformation of the ATP-binding site. Bidirectional allostery implies that …

Resistance to RET targeted therapy in Thyroid Cancer: Molecular basis and overcoming strategies

M San Roman-Gil, J Pozas, D Rosero-Rodriguez… - Cancer treatment …, 2022 - Elsevier
Thyroid cancer is the most frequently diagnosed endocrine malignancy, with an increasing
incidence over the last decades. The recent advances in understanding the molecular …

The role of NEDD4 E3 ubiquitin–protein ligases in Parkinson's disease

JA Conway, G Kinsman, ER Kramer - Genes, 2022 - mdpi.com
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a debilitating neurodegenerative disease that causes a great
clinical burden. However, its exact molecular pathologies are not fully understood. Whilst …

Bimodal regulation of axonal transport by the GDNF-RET signalling axis in healthy and diseased motor neurons

ER Rhymes, AP Tosolini, AD Fellows, W Mahy… - Cell Death & …, 2022 - nature.com
Deficits in axonal transport are one of the earliest pathological outcomes in several models
of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), including SOD1G93A mice. Evidence suggests that …