Role of Bruton's tyrosine kinase in B cells and malignancies

S Pal Singh, F Dammeijer, RW Hendriks - Molecular cancer, 2018 - Springer
Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK) is a non-receptor kinase that plays a crucial role in oncogenic
signaling that is critical for proliferation and survival of leukemic cells in many B cell …

Targeting Bruton's tyrosine kinase in B cell malignancies

RW Hendriks, S Yuvaraj, LP Kil - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2014 - nature.com
Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK) is a key component of B cell receptor (BCR) signalling and
functions as an important regulator of cell proliferation and cell survival in various B cell …

Two X‐linked agammaglobulinemia patients develop pneumonia as COVID‐19 manifestation but recover

A Soresina, D Moratto, M Chiarini… - Pediatric Allergy and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background The recent SARS‐CoV‐2 pandemic, which has recently affected Italy
since February 21, constitutes a threat to normal subjects, as the coronavirus disease‐19 …

Bruton's tyrosine kinase: an emerging key player in innate immunity

ANR Weber, Z Bittner, X Liu, TM Dang… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK) was initially discovered as a critical mediator of B cell
receptor signaling in the development and functioning of adaptive immunity. Growing …

Cumulative roles for Epstein-Barr virus, human endogenous retroviruses, and human herpes virus-6 in driving an inflammatory cascade underlying MS pathogenesis

UC Meier, RC Cipian, A Karimi, R Ramasamy… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Roles for viral infections and aberrant immune responses in driving localized
neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration in multiple sclerosis (MS) are the focus of …

Role of host immune and inflammatory responses in COVID-19 cases with underlying primary immunodeficiency: a review

BM Liu, HR Hill - Journal of Interferon & Cytokine Research, 2020 - liebertpub.com
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has spread rapidly and become a pandemic.
Caused by a novel human coronavirus called severe acute respiratory syndrome …

Bruton's tyrosine kinase inhibition promotes myelin repair

E Martin, MS Aigrot, R Grenningloh, B Stankoff… - Brain …, 2020 - content.iospress.com
Background: Microglia are the resident macrophages of the central nervous system (CNS).
In multiple sclerosis (MS) and related experimental models, microglia have either a pro …

Multifaceted immunomodulatory effects of the BTK inhibitors ibrutinib and acalabrutinib on different immune cell subsets–beyond B lymphocytes

S Zhu, S Gokhale, J Jung, E Spirollari, J Tsai… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The clinical success of the two BTK inhibitors, ibrutinib and acalabrutinib, represents a major
breakthrough in the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and has also …

Bruton's tyrosine kinase—an integral protein of B cell development that also has an essential role in the innate immune system

G López-Herrera, A Vargas-Hernández… - Journal of leukocyte …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Btk is the protein affected in XLA, a disease identified as a B cell differentiation defect. Btk is
crucial for B cell differentiation and activation, but its role in other cells is not fully …

Toll‐like receptor signaling in primary immune deficiencies

PJ Maglione, N Simchoni… - Annals of the New …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Toll‐like receptors (TLRs) recognize common microbial or host‐derived macromolecules
and have important roles in early activation of the immune system. Patients with primary …