ArticleOncogene2007
RET(MEN 2B) is active in the endoplasmic reticulum before reaching the cell surface.
Article in Oncogene, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
15 citing papers in PubMed, 35 citations in OpenAlex.
- Golgi Retention and Oncogenic Signaling of KIT Tyrosine Kinase in Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor.Sub-cellular biochemistry · 2026Review
- Kinome profiling reveals pathogenic variant specific protein signalling networks in MEN2 children with Medullary Thyroid Cancer.NPJ precision oncology · 2025Article
- Molecular Basis and Natural History of Medullary Thyroid Cancer: It is (Almost) All in theCancers · 2023Review
- FLT3-ITD transduces autonomous growth signals during its biosynthetic trafficking in acute myelogenous leukemia cells.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- RET Receptor Tyrosine Kinase: Role in Neurodegeneration, Obesity, and Cancer.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020Review
- Small Molecules and Peptides Targeting Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Receptors for the Treatment of Neurodegeneration.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020Review
- Development of the urogenital system is regulated via the 3'UTR of GDNF.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- Article
- Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Syndromes from Genetic and Epigenetic Perspectives.Biomarker insights · 2018Review
- A Novel Small Molecule GDNF Receptor RET Agonist, BT13, Promotes Neurite Growth from Sensory NeuronsFrontiers in pharmacology · 2017Article
- RET revisited: expanding the oncogenic portfolio.Nature reviews. Cancer · 2014Review
- Mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway regulates branching by remodeling epithelial cell adhesion.PLoS genetics · 2014Article
- Alternative splicing results in RET isoforms with distinct trafficking properties.Molecular biology of the cell · 2012Article
- A direct role for Met endocytosis in tumorigenesis.Nature cell biology · 2011Article
- Inhibition of the Ras/Raf/MEK/ERK and RET kinase pathways with the combination of the multikinase inhibitor sorafenib and the farnesyltransferase inhibitor tipifarnib in medullary and differentiated thyroid malignancies.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2011Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
MEN 2B (multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2B) is an autosomal dominant cancer syndrome caused by an oncogenic form of the receptor tyrosine kinase REarranged during transfection (RET). The MEN 2B syndrome is associated with an abnormal autophosphorylation of the mutated receptor even without ligand-stimulation. Here, we characterize the activation of a RET(MEN 2B) variant carrying the point mutation Met918Thr, and show that the 150 kDa precursor of RET(MEN 2B) becomes phosphorylated already during synthesis in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). At least three different tyrosine residues (Tyr905, Tyr1062, Tyr1096) of the RET(MEN 2B) precursor are phosphorylated before the oncogenic receptor reaches the cell surface. We also demonstrate that the precursor of RET(MEN 2B) interacts with both growth factor receptor-bound protein and Src homology 2 domain-containing already in the ER, and that this interaction is dependent on the kinase activity of RET. With the aid of two RET mutants (RET(MEN 2B/S32L) and RET(MEN 2B/F393L)), which accumulate in the ER, we show that the oncogenic precursor of the receptor has the capacity to activate AKT, extracellular signal-regulated kinase and signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 from the ER. Taken together, our data demonstrate that the oncogenic precursor of RET(MEN 2B) is phosphorylated, interacts with adapter proteins and induces downstream signalling from the ER.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.