Targeting Tyro3, Axl and MerTK (TAM receptors): implications for macrophages in the tumor microenvironment

KV Myers, SR Amend, KJ Pienta - Molecular cancer, 2019 - Springer
Tumor-associated macrophages are an abundant cell type in the tumor microenvironment.
These macrophages serve as a promising target for treatment of cancer due to their roles in …

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 produces a prometastatic landscape during postpartum mammary gland involution

JC Stanford, C Young, D Hicks… - The Journal of …, 2014 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Breast cancers that occur in women 2–5 years postpartum are more frequently diagnosed at
metastatic stages and correlate with poorer outcomes compared with breast cancers …

The role of TAM family receptors in immune cell function: implications for cancer therapy

M Paolino, JM Penninger - Cancers, 2016 - mdpi.com
The TAM receptor protein tyrosine kinases—Tyro3, Axl, and Mer—are essential regulators of
immune homeostasis. Guided by their cognate ligands Growth arrest-specific gene 6 (Gas6) …

Role of vitamin K-dependent factors protein S and GAS6 and TAM receptors in SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19-associated immunothrombosis

A Tutusaus, M Marí, JT Ortiz-Pérez, GAF Nicolaes… - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
The vitamin K-dependent factors protein S (PROS1) and growth-arrest-specific gene 6
(GAS6) and their tyrosine kinase receptors TYRO3, AXL, and MERTK, the TAM subfamily of …

MERTK in cancer therapy: Targeting the receptor tyrosine kinase in tumor cells and the immune system

JM Huelse, DM Fridlyand, S Earp, D DeRyckere… - Pharmacology & …, 2020 - Elsevier
The receptor tyrosine kinase MERTK is aberrantly expressed in numerous human
malignancies, and is a novel target in cancer therapeutics. Physiologic roles of MERTK …

Migrating interneurons secrete fractalkine to promote oligodendrocyte formation in the developing mammalian brain

A Voronova, SA Yuzwa, BS Wang, S Zahr, C Syal… - Neuron, 2017 - cell.com
During development, newborn interneurons migrate throughout the embryonic brain. Here,
we provide evidence that these interneurons act in a paracrine fashion to regulate …

Transcriptomic and functional studies reveal undermined chemotactic and angiostimulatory properties of aged microglia during stroke recovery

L Jiang, H Mu, F Xu, D Xie, W Su, J Xu… - Journal of Cerebral …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Age-dependent alterations in microglia behavior have been implicated in
neurodegeneration and CNS injuries. Here, we compared the transcriptional profiles of …

Yes-associated protein 1 (YAP1) promotes human gallbladder tumor growth via activation of the AXL/MAPK pathway

M Li, J Lu, F Zhang, H Li, B Zhang, X Wu, Z Tan… - Cancer letters, 2014 - Elsevier
The transcriptional coactivator Yes-associated protein 1 (YAP1), a key regulator of cell
proliferation and organ size in vertebrates, has been implicated in various malignancies …

Role of apoptotic cell clearance in pneumonia and inflammatory lung disease

DJ Zheng, M Abou Taka, B Heit - Pathogens, 2021 - mdpi.com
Pneumonia and inflammatory diseases of the pulmonary system such as chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease and asthma continue to cause significant morbidity and mortality …