Recent advances in non-small cell lung cancer targeted therapy; an update review

M Araghi, R Mannani, A Heidarnejad maleki… - Cancer cell …, 2023‏ - Springer
Lung cancer continues to be the leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide. In the last
decade, significant advancements in the diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer, particularly …

NTRK fusion-positive cancers and TRK inhibitor therapy

E Cocco, M Scaltriti, A Drilon - Nature reviews Clinical oncology, 2018‏ - nature.com
N TRK gene fusions involving either NTRK1, NTRK2 or NTRK3 (encoding the neurotrophin
receptors TRKA, TRKB and TRKC, respectively) are oncogenic drivers of various adult and …

Analysis of NTRK Alterations in Pan-Cancer Adult and Pediatric Malignancies: Implications for NTRK-Targeted Therapeutics

R Okamura, A Boichard, S Kato, JK Sicklick… - JCO precision …, 2018‏ - ascopubs.org
Purpose Fusions that involve neurotrophic-tropomyosin receptor kinase (NTRK) genes are
known drivers of oncogenesis. Therapies that target these ultra-rare, constitutionally active …

Functional biomaterials for bone regeneration: a lesson in complex biology

AR Armiento, LP Hatt… - Advanced Functional …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Bone is a hard yet dynamic tissue with remarkable healing capacities. Research to date has
greatly advanced the understanding of how bone heals and has led to marked success in …

TRKing down an old oncogene in a new era of targeted therapy

A Vaishnavi, AT Le, RC Doebele - Cancer discovery, 2015‏ - aacrjournals.org
The use of high-throughput next-generation sequencing techniques in multiple tumor types
during the last few years has identified NTRK1, 2, and 3 gene rearrangements encoding …

Drug resistance to targeted therapeutic strategies in non-small cell lung cancer

W Liu, Y Du, R Wen, M Yang, J Xu - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Rapidly develo** molecular biology techniques have been employed to identify cancer
driver genes in specimens from patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Inhibitors …

Neurotrophic factors: an overview

SD Skaper - Neurotrophic Factors: Methods and Protocols, 2018‏ - Springer
The neurotrophins are a family of closely related proteins that were first identified as survival
factors for sympathetic and sensory neurons and have since been shown to control a …

Targeting TRK family proteins in cancer

YB Khotskaya, VR Holla, AF Farago, KRM Shaw… - Pharmacology & …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
The tropomyosin receptor kinase (TRK) family includes TRKA, TRKB, and TRKC proteins,
which are encoded by NTRK1, NTRK2 and NTRK3 genes, respectively. Binding of …

Mechanisms of cancer dissemination along nerves

M Amit, S Na'Ara, Z Gil - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2016‏ - nature.com
The local extension of cancer cells along nerves is a frequent clinical finding for various
tumours. Traditionally, nerve invasion was assumed to occur via the path of least resistance; …

Trk receptors: roles in neuronal signal transduction

EJ Huang, LF Reichardt - Annual review of biochemistry, 2003‏ - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Trk receptors are a family of three receptor tyrosine kinases, each of which can be
activated by one or more of four neurotrophins—nerve growth factor (NGF), brain-derived …