Molecular targeting therapies for neuroblastoma: Progress and challenges

A Zafar, W Wang, G Liu, X Wang, W **an… - Medicinal research …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
There is an urgent need to identify novel therapies for childhood cancers. Neuroblastoma is
the most common pediatric solid tumor, and accounts for~ 15% of childhood cancer‐related …

[HTML][HTML] The role of the ALK receptor in cancer biology

B Hallberg, RH Palmer - Annals of Oncology, 2016 - Elsevier
ABSTRACT A vast array of oncogenic variants has been identified for anaplastic lymphoma
kinase (ALK). Therefore, there is a need to better understand the role of ALK in cancer …

Neuroblastoma and MYCN

M Huang, WA Weiss - Cold Spring …, 2013 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
Neuroblastoma, the most common extracranial solid tumor of childhood, is thought to
originate from undifferentiated neural crest cells. Amplification of the MYC family member …

Mechanistic insight into ALK receptor tyrosine kinase in human cancer biology

B Hallberg, RH Palmer - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2013 - nature.com
The burgeoning field of anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) in cancer encompasses many
cancer types, from very rare cancers to the more prevalent non-small-cell lung cancer …

The ALKF1174L mutation potentiates the oncogenic activity of MYCN in neuroblastoma

T Berry, W Luther, N Bhatnagar, Y Jamin, E Poon… - Cancer cell, 2012 - cell.com
Summary The ALK F1174L mutation is associated with intrinsic and acquired resistance to
crizotinib and cosegregates with MYCN in neuroblastoma. In this study, we generated a …

ALK in neuroblastoma: biological and therapeutic implications

RM Trigg, SD Turner - Cancers, 2018 - mdpi.com
Neuroblastoma (NB) is the most common and deadly solid tumour in children. Despite the
development of new treatment options for high-risk NB, over half of patients relapse and five …

Drug discovery targeting anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)

X Kong, P Pan, H Sun, H **a, X Wang… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2019 - ACS Publications
As a receptor tyrosine kinase of insulin receptor (IR) subfamily, anaplastic lymphoma kinase
(ALK) has been validated to play important roles in various cancers, especially anaplastic …

Targeted expression of mutated ALK induces neuroblastoma in transgenic mice

LC Heukamp, T Thor, A Schramm, K De Preter… - Science translational …, 2012 - science.org
Activating anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) mutations were recently detected in most
familial and 10% of sporadic neuroblastomas. However, the role of mutated ALK in …

New strategies in neuroblastoma: Therapeutic targeting of MYCN and ALK

G Barone, J Anderson, ADJ Pearson… - Clinical Cancer …, 2013 - aacrjournals.org
Clinical outcome remains poor in patients with high-risk neuroblastoma, in which
chemoresistant relapse is common following high-intensity conventional multimodal therapy …

Targeting anaplastic lymphoma kinase in neuroblastoma

G Umapathy, P Mendoza‐Garcia, B Hallberg… - Apmis, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Over the last decade, anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK), a receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK),
has been identified as a fusion partner in a diverse variety of translocation events resulting …