RET aberrant cancers and RET inhibitor therapies: current state-of-the-art and future perspectives

A Addeo, E Miranda-Morales, P den Hollander… - Pharmacology & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Precision oncology informed by genomic information has evolved in leaps and bounds over
the last decade. Although non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) has moved to center-stage as …

RET tyrosine kinase signaling in development and cancer

E Arighi, MG Borrello, H Sariola - Cytokine & growth factor reviews, 2005 - Elsevier
The variety of diseases caused by mutations in RET receptor tyrosine kinase provides a
classic example of phenotypic heterogeneity. Gain-of-function mutations of RET are …

RET as a Diagnostic and Therapeutic Target in Sporadic and Hereditary Endocrine Tumors

JWB de Groot, TP Links, JTM Plukker… - Endocrine …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
The RET gene encodes a receptor tyrosine kinase that is expressed in neural crest-derived
cell lineages. The RET receptor plays a crucial role in regulating cell proliferation, migration …

The RET receptor: function in development and dysfunction in congenital malformation

S Manié, M Santoro, A Fusco, M Billaud - TRENDS in Genetics, 2001 - cell.com
Germline mutations in the RET proto-oncogene are responsible for two unrelated neural
crest disorders: Hirschsprung disease, a congenital absence of the enteric nervous system …

Oncogenic transformation by the signaling adaptor proteins insulin receptor substrate (IRS)-1 and IRS-2

RK Dearth, X Cui, HJ Kim, DL Hadsell, AV Lee - Cell cycle, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
Insulin receptor substrates (IRSs) are adaptor proteins that link signaling from upstream
activators to multiple downstream effectors to modulate normal growth, metabolism, survival …

The RET oncogene in papillary thyroid carcinoma

JD Prescott, MA Zeiger - Cancer, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is the most common form of thyroid cancer, accounting for
greater than 80% of cases. Surgical resection, with or without postoperative radioiodine …

Mammary tumorigenesis and metastasis caused by overexpression of insulin receptor substrate 1 (IRS-1) or IRS-2

RK Dearth, X Cui, HJ Kim, I Kuiatse… - … and cellular biology, 2006 - Am Soc Microbiol
Insulin receptor substrates (IRSs) are signaling adaptors that play a major role in the
metabolic and mitogenic actions of insulin and insulin-like growth factors. Reports have …

Central role of RET in thyroid cancer

M Santoro, F Carlomagno - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2013 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
RET (rearranged during transfection) is a receptor tyrosine kinase involved in the
development of neural crest derived cell lineages, kidney, and male germ cells. Different …

RET and NTRK1 proto‐oncogenes in human diseases

L Alberti, C Carniti, C Miranda… - Journal of cellular …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
RET and NTRK1 are receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) proteins which play a role in the
development and maturation of specific component of the nervous system. Their alterations …

PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling in medullary thyroid cancer: a promising molecular target for cancer therapy

GI Manfredi, A Dicitore, G Gaudenzi, M Caraglia… - Endocrine, 2015 - Springer
Abstract The phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt/mammalian target of rapamycin
(mTOR) pathway is a central hub for the regulation of cell proliferation, apoptosis, cell cycle …