AXL receptor tyrosine kinase as a promising anti-cancer approach: functions, molecular mechanisms and clinical applications

C Zhu, Y Wei, X Wei - Molecular cancer, 2019 - Springer
Molecular targeted therapy for cancer has been a research hotspot for decades. AXL is a
member of the TAM family with the high-affinity ligand growth arrest-specific protein 6 …

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 …

Evaluation of h istone 3 lysine 27 trimethylation (H3K27me3) and enhancer of zest 2 (EZH 2) in pediatric glial and glioneuronal tumors shows decreased H3K27me3 …

S Venneti, MT Garimella, LM Sullivan… - Brain …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract H3F3A mutations are seen in∼ 30% of pediatric glioblastoma (GBMs) and involve
either the lysine residue at position 27 (K27M) or glycine at position 34 (G34R/V). Sixteen …

[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) …

Antibody-directed metal-organic framework nanoparticles for targeted drug delivery

VR Cherkasov, EN Mochalova, AV Babenyshev… - Acta Biomaterialia, 2020 - Elsevier
Nanosized metal-organic frameworks (nMOFs) have shown great promise as high-capacity
carriers for a variety of applications. For biomedicine, numerous nMOFs have been …

Migration/invasion of malignant gliomas and implications for therapeutic treatment

CA Liu, CY Chang, KW Hsueh, HL Su… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Malignant tumors of the central nervous system (CNS) are among cancers with the poorest
prognosis, indicated by their association with tumors of high-level morbidity and mortality …

Key roles of AXL and MER receptor tyrosine kinases in resistance to multiple anticancer therapies

M Schoumacher, M Burbridge - Current oncology reports, 2017 - Springer
A major challenge in anticancer treatment is the pre-existence or emergence of resistance to
therapy. AXL and MER are two members of the TAM (TYRO3-AXL-MER) family of receptor …

Dissecting the role of AXL in cancer immune escape and resistance to immune checkpoint inhibition

AST Engelsen, ML Lotsberg, R Abou Khouzam… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The development and implementation of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors (ICI) in clinical
oncology have significantly improved the survival of a subset of cancer patients with …

Combined therapy of AXL and HDAC inhibition reverses mesenchymal transition in diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma

MH Meel, MC de Gooijer, DS Metselaar… - Clinical Cancer …, 2020 - AACR
Purpose: Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) is an incurable type of pediatric brain
cancer, which in the majority of cases is driven by mutations in genes encoding histone 3 …

Dihydroartemisinin inhibits prostate cancer via JARID2/miR-7/miR-34a-dependent downregulation of Axl

JD Paccez, K Duncan, D Sekar, RG Correa, Y Wang… - Oncogenesis, 2019 - nature.com
Axl expression is deregulated in several cancer types, predicts poor overall patient survival
and is linked to resistance to drug therapy. Here, we evaluated a library of natural …