Evidence map›Paper›PMID 27834845›Full record

ReviewCancers2016

The Receptor Tyrosine Kinase AXL in Cancer Progression.

Erinn B Rankin, Amato J Giaccia

Open access · goldAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Cancers, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 93 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
93citing papers in PubMed
5.4field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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.

2 · The registry

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.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

93 citing papers in PubMed, 166 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. AXL Inhibitors in Oncology Clinical Trials: A Review.Journal of immunotherapy and precision oncology · 2026
    Review
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  9. The chimeric aptamer axl-miR-214sponge inhibits breast cancer and melanoma dissemination.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2025
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  12. Targeting AXL Inhibits the Growth and Metastasis of Prostate Cancer in Bone.Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2025
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  13. AXL signaling in cancer: from molecular insights to targeted therapies.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2025
    Review
  14. Emerging Targets in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.Lung Cancer (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2025
    Review
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  20. Therapeutic advances of targeting receptor tyrosine kinases in cancer.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2024
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33 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Erinn B RankinDivision of Radiation and Cancer Biology, Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. erankin@stanford.edu.
Amato J GiacciaDivision of Radiation and Cancer Biology, Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. giaccia@stanford.edu.
Stanford Medicine · US

Funding

TUMOR HYPOXIA--MOLECULAR STUDIES &CLINICAL EXPLOITATIONP01CA067166 · NCI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI GIACCIA, AMATO J. · 1996 to 2017
$25.5M
The Impact of Mitochondrial Repression and Lipid Accumulation by HIF on Tumor GrowthR35CA197713 · NCI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI GIACCIA, AMATO J. · 2015 to 2021
$5.3M
Preclinical Testing of a Novel Therapy Targeting AXL in Advanced Kidney CancerR01CA198291 · NCI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI RANKIN, ERINN B · 2016 to 2020
$2.4M
NCI NIH HHS P01 CA067166NCI NIH HHS R01 CA198291NCI NIH HHS R35 CA197713
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The AXL receptor tyrosine kinase (AXL) has emerged as a promising therapeutic target for cancer therapy. Recent studies have revealed a central role of AXL signaling in tumor proliferation, survival, stem cell phenotype, metastasis, and resistance to cancer therapy. Moreover, AXL is expressed within cellular components of the tumor microenvironment where AXL signaling contributes to the immunosuppressive and protumorigenic phenotypes. A variety of AXL inhibitors have been developed and are efficacious in preclinical studies. These agents offer new opportunities for therapeutic intervention in the prevention and treatment of advanced disease. Here we review the literature that has illuminated the cellular and molecular mechanisms by which AXL signaling promotes tumor progression and we will discuss the therapeutic potential of AXL inhibition for cancer therapy.

Indexed as

AXLcancer stem cell phenotypedecoy receptorGAS6immune suppressionmetastasisproliferationresistancesmall moleculetherapy

Identifiers

PMID27834845
PMCPMC5126763
OpenAlexW2549442450

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Registered trials

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