Therapeutic advances of targeting receptor tyrosine kinases in cancer

C Tomuleasa, AB Tigu, R Munteanu… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2024 - nature.com
Receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs), a category of transmembrane receptors, have gained
significant clinical attention in oncology due to their central role in cancer pathogenesis …

The PDGF/PDGFR pathway as a drug target

N Papadopoulos, J Lennartsson - Molecular aspects of medicine, 2018 - Elsevier
Platelet-derived growth factors (PDGF) promotes cell proliferation, survival and migration,
primarily of cells of mesenchymal origin. Dysfunction of PDGF signaling has been observed …

Receptor tyrosine kinases and their signaling pathways as therapeutic targets of curcumin in cancer

S Sudhesh Dev, SA Zainal Abidin… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) are transmembrane cell-surface proteins that act as signal
transducers. They regulate essential cellular processes like proliferation, apoptosis …

PDGF receptor mutations in human diseases

E Guérit, F Arts, G Dachy, B Boulouadnine… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2021 - Springer
PDGFRA and PDGFRB are classical proto-oncogenes that encode receptor tyrosine kinases
responding to platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF). PDGFRA mutations are found in …

Toward precision medicine in glioblastoma: the promise and the challenges

MD Prados, SA Byron, NL Tran, JJ Phillips… - Neuro …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Integrated sequencing strategies have provided a broader understanding of the genomic
landscape and molecular classifications of multiple cancer types and have identified various …

PDGF receptor signaling networks in normal and cancer cells

JB Demoulin, A Essaghir - Cytokine & growth factor reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
For about four decades, platelet-derived growth factors (PDGF) and their receptors have
been the subject of intense research, revealing their roles in embryo development and …

Involvement of platelet‐derived growth factor ligands and receptors in tumorigenesis

CH Heldin, J Lennartsson… - Journal of internal …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Platelet‐derived growth factor (PDGF) isoforms and their receptors have important roles
during embryogenesis, particularly in the development of various mesenchymal cell types in …

Receptor tyrosine kinases and downstream pathways as druggable targets for cancer treatment: the current arsenal of inhibitors

WR Montor, AROSE Salas, FHM Melo - Molecular cancer, 2018 - Springer
Searching for targets that allow pharmacological inhibition of cell proliferation in over-
proliferative states, such as cancer, leads us to finely understand the complex mechanisms …

Sarcoma care in the era of precision medicine

K Wallander, I Öfverholm, K Boye… - Journal of Internal …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Sarcoma subtype classification is currently mainly based upon histopathological
morphology. Molecular analyses have emerged as an efficient addition to the diagnostic …

Receptor tyrosine kinases as druggable targets in glioblastoma: Do signaling pathways matter?

A Qin, A Musket, PR Musich… - Neuro-oncology …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most malignant primary brain tumor without effective therapies.
Since bevacizumab was FDA approved for targeting vascular endothelial growth factor …