The TAM family: phosphatidylserine-sensing receptor tyrosine kinases gone awry in cancer

DK Graham, D DeRyckere, KD Davies… - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2014 - nature.com
The TYRO3, AXL (also known as UFO) and MERTK (TAM) family of receptor tyrosine
kinases (RTKs) are aberrantly expressed in multiple haematological and epithelial …

Giving AXL the axe: targeting AXL in human malignancy

CM Gay, K Balaji, LA Byers - British journal of cancer, 2017 - nature.com
The receptor tyrosine kinase AXL, activated by a complex interaction between its ligand
growth arrest-specific protein 6 and phosphatidylserine, regulates various vital cellular …

Genetics and biomarkers in personalisation of lung cancer treatment

R Rosell, TG Bivona, N Karachaliou - The Lancet, 2013 - thelancet.com
Non-small-cell lung cancer is often diagnosed at the metastatic stage, with median survival
of just 1 year. The identification of driver mutations in the epidermal growth factor receptor …

MYC instructs and maintains pancreatic adenocarcinoma phenotype

NM Sodir, RM Kortlever, VJA Barthet, T Campos… - Cancer discovery, 2020 - AACR
The signature features of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) are its
fibroinflammatory stroma, poor immune activity, and dismal prognosis. We show that acute …

Reprogramming the immunological microenvironment through radiation and targeting Axl

TA Aguilera, M Rafat, L Castellini, H Shehade… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Increasing evidence suggests that ionizing radiation therapy (RT) in combination with
checkpoint immunotherapy is highly effective in treating a subset of cancers. To better …

[HTML][HTML] AXL kinase as a novel target for cancer therapy

X Wu, X Liu, S Koul, CY Lee, Z Zhang, B Halmos - Oncotarget, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The AXL receptor tyrosine kinase and its major ligand, GAS6 have been demonstrated to be
overexpressed and activated in many human cancers (such as lung, breast, and pancreatic …

AXL mediates resistance to cetuximab therapy

TM Brand, M Iida, AP Stein, KL Corrigan… - Cancer research, 2014 - AACR
The EGFR antibody cetuximab is used to treat numerous cancers, but intrinsic and acquired
resistance to this agent is a common clinical outcome. In this study, we show that …

[HTML][HTML] Axl as a mediator of cellular growth and survival

H Axelrod, KJ Pienta - Oncotarget, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The control of cellular growth and proliferation is key to the maintenance of homeostasis.
Survival, proliferation, and arrest are regulated, in part, by Growth Arrest Specific 6 (Gas6) …

Macrophage AXL receptor tyrosine kinase inflames the heart after reperfused myocardial infarction

M DeBerge, K Glinton, M Subramanian… - The Journal of …, 2021 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Tyro3, AXL, and MerTK (TAM) receptors are activated in macrophages in response to tissue
injury and as such have been proposed as therapeutic targets to promote inflammation …

Axl mediates acquired resistance of head and neck cancer cells to the epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitor erlotinib

KM Giles, FC Kalinowski, PA Candy, MR Epis… - Molecular cancer …, 2013 - AACR
Elevated expression and activity of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is
associated with development and progression of head and neck cancer (HNC) and a poor …