Oncogenic protein tyrosine kinases

@article{Santoro2004OncogenicPT,
  title={Oncogenic protein tyrosine kinases},
  author={Massimo Santoro and Francesca Carlomagno and Rosa Marina Melillo and Alfredo Fusco},
  journal={Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences CMLS},
  year={2004},
  volume={61},
  pages={2954-2964}
}
Abstract.RET is the receptor for glial-derived neurotrophic factor growth factors. It is a paradigm of a single gene that causes different types of human cancer when targeted by different genetic alterations. Like other receptor tyrosine kinases, once activated, RET recruits a variety of signaling molecules that mediate biological responses. Here we review data on the signaling pathways that lead to RET-mediated cell transformation and recent evidence that manipulation of RET holds promise for… 
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