The clearance of dead cells by efferocytosis

E Boada-Romero, J Martinez, BL Heckmann… - … reviews Molecular cell …, 2020 - nature.com
Multiple modes of cell death have been identified, each with a unique function and each
induced in a setting-dependent manner. As billions of cells die during mammalian …

The TAM family: phosphatidylserine-sensing receptor tyrosine kinases gone awry in cancer

DK Graham, D DeRyckere, KD Davies… - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2014 - nature.com
The TYRO3, AXL (also known as UFO) and MERTK (TAM) family of receptor tyrosine
kinases (RTKs) are aberrantly expressed in multiple haematological and epithelial …

Efferocytosis induces macrophage proliferation to help resolve tissue injury

BD Gerlach, PB Ampomah, A Yurdagul, C Liu… - Cell metabolism, 2021 - cell.com
Apoptotic cell clearance by macrophages (efferocytosis) promotes resolution signaling
pathways, which can be triggered by molecules derived from the phagolysosomal …

Diversification of TAM receptor tyrosine kinase function

A Zagórska, PG Través, ED Lew, I Dransfield… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
The clearance of apoptotic cells is critical for both tissue homeostasis and the resolution of
inflammation. We found that the TAM receptor tyrosine kinases Axl and Mer had distinct …

TAM family kinases as therapeutic targets at the interface of cancer and immunity

D DeRyckere, JM Huelse, HS Earp… - Nature Reviews Clinical …, 2023 - nature.com
Novel treatment approaches are needed to overcome innate and acquired mechanisms of
resistance to current anticancer therapies in cancer cells and the tumour immune …

Differential TAM receptor–ligand–phospholipid interactions delimit differential TAM bioactivities

ED Lew, J Oh, PG Burrola, I Lax, A Zagórska… - Elife, 2014 - elifesciences.org
The TAM receptor tyrosine kinases Tyro3, Axl, and Mer regulate key features of cellular
physiology, yet the differential activities of the TAM ligands Gas6 and Protein S are poorly …

[HTML][HTML] Pathways and therapeutic targets in melanoma

E Shtivelman, MA Davies, P Hwu, J Yang, M Lotem… - Oncotarget, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
This review aims to summarize the current knowledge of molecular pathways and their
clinical relevance in melanoma. Metastatic melanoma was a grim diagnosis, but in recent …

Targeting Gas6/TAM in cancer cells and tumor microenvironment

G Wu, Z Ma, Y Cheng, W Hu, C Deng, S Jiang, T Li… - Molecular cancer, 2018 - Springer
Growth arrest-specific 6, also known as Gas6, is a human gene encoding the Gas6 protein,
which was originally found to be upregulated in growth-arrested fibroblasts. Gas6 is a …

AXL Inhibitors in Cancer: A Medicinal Chemistry Perspective: Miniperspective

SH Myers, VG Brunton… - Journal of medicinal …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Dysregulation of the AXL receptor tyrosine kinase has been associated with many types of
cancer. It has not been until recently, however, that targeting AXL has come under the …

MerTK signaling in macrophages promotes the synthesis of inflammation resolution mediators by suppressing CaMKII activity

B Cai, C Kasikara, AC Doran, R Ramakrishnan… - Science …, 2018 - science.org
Inflammation resolution counterbalances excessive inflammation and restores tissue
homeostasis after injury. Failure of resolution contributes to the pathology of numerous …