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 …

Epithelial–mesenchymal transition programs and cancer stem cell phenotypes: mediators of breast cancer therapy resistance

AJ Gooding, WP Schiemann - Molecular Cancer Research, 2020 - AACR
Epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) programs play essential functions in normal
morphogenesis and organogenesis, including that occurring during mammary gland …

[HTML][HTML] A circular RNA binds to and activates AKT phosphorylation and nuclear localization reducing apoptosis and enhancing cardiac repair

Y Zeng, WW Du, Y Wu, Z Yang, FM Awan, X Li… - Theranostics, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
As central nodes in cardiomyocyte signaling, nuclear AKT appears to play a cardio-
protective role in cardiovascular disease. Here we describe a circular RNA, circ-Amotl1 that …

Oxidative phosphorylation is a metabolic vulnerability in chemotherapy-resistant triple-negative breast cancer

KW Evans, E Yuca, SS Scott, M Zhao, N Paez Arango… - Cancer research, 2021 - AACR
Oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) is an active metabolic pathway in many cancers. RNA
from pretreatment biopsies from patients with triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) who …

AXL confers intrinsic resistance to osimertinib and advances the emergence of tolerant cells

H Taniguchi, T Yamada, R Wang, K Tanimura… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
A novel EGFR-tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI), osimertinib, has marked efficacy in patients
with EGFR-mutated lung cancer. However, some patients show intrinsic resistance and an …

Cooperative targeting of melanoma heterogeneity with an AXL antibody-drug conjugate and BRAF/MEK inhibitors

J Boshuizen, LA Koopman, O Krijgsman, A Shahrabi… - Nature Medicine, 2018 - nature.com
Intratumor heterogeneity is a key factor contributing to therapeutic failure and, hence, cancer
lethality. Heterogeneous tumors show partial therapy responses, allowing for the emergence …

Resveratrol reverses Doxorubicin resistance by inhibiting epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) through modulating PTEN/Akt signaling pathway in gastric cancer

J Xu, D Liu, H Niu, G Zhu, Y Xu, D Ye, J Li… - Journal of Experimental & …, 2017 - Springer
Background Gastric cancer is one of the major causes of cancer-related mortality worldwide.
Most of patients presenting with inoperable gastric cancers rely on systemic chemotherapy …

AXL in cancer: a modulator of drug resistance and therapeutic target

Y Tang, H Zang, Q Wen, S Fan - Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer …, 2023 - Springer
AXL is a member of the TAM (TYRO3, AXL, and MERTK) receptor tyrosine kinases family
(RTKs), and its abnormal expression has been linked to clinicopathological features and …

Targeting HER2-AXL heterodimerization to overcome resistance to HER2 blockade in breast cancer

A Adam-Artigues, EJ Arenas, A Martínez-Sabadell… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Anti-HER2 therapies have markedly improved prognosis of HER2-positive breast cancer.
However, different mechanisms play a role in treatment resistance. Here, we identified AXL …

AXL-driven EMT state as a targetable conduit in cancer

J Antony, RYJ Huang - Cancer research, 2017 - AACR
The receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) AXL has been intrinsically linked to epithelial–
mesenchymal transition (EMT) and promoting cell survival, anoikis resistance, invasion, and …