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ReviewChemical reviews2019

The RTK Interactome: Overview and Perspective on RTK Heterointeractions.

Michael D Paul, Kalina Hristova

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Review in Chemical reviews, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 58 papers.

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58citing papers in PubMed
5.7field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

58 citing papers in PubMed, 113 citations in OpenAlex.

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  13. AXL promotes lymphangiogenesis by amplifying VEGF-C-mediated AKT pathway.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Michael D PaulDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Institute for NanoBioTechnology, and Program in Molecular Biophysics , Johns Hopkins University , Baltimore , Maryland 21218 , United States.
Kalina HristovaDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Institute for NanoBioTechnology, and Program in Molecular Biophysics , Johns Hopkins University , Baltimore , Maryland 21218 , United States.ORCID 0000-0003-4274-4406
Johns Hopkins University · US

Funding

Seeking the Physical Basis of AchondroplasiaR01GM068619 · NIGMS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI HRISTOVA, KALINA · 2004 to 2022
$5.4M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM068619
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) play important roles in cell growth, motility, differentiation, and survival. These single-pass membrane proteins are grouped into subfamilies based on the similarity of their extracellular domains. They are generally thought to be activated by ligand binding, which promotes homodimerization and then autophosphorylation in trans. However, RTK interactions are more complicated, as RTKs can interact in the absence of ligand and heterodimerize within and across subfamilies. Here, we review the known cross-subfamily RTK heterointeractions and their possible biological implications, as well as the methodologies which have been used to study them. Moreover, we demonstrate how thermodynamic models can be used to study RTKs and to explain many of the complicated biological effects which have been described in the literature. Finally, we discuss the concept of the RTK interactome: a putative, extensive network of interactions between the RTKs. This RTK interactome can produce unique signaling outputs; can amplify, inhibit, and modify signaling; and can allow for signaling backups. The existence of the RTK interactome could provide an explanation for the irreproducibility of experimental data from different studies and for the failure of some RTK inhibitors to produce the desired therapeutic effects. We argue that a deeper knowledge of RTK interactome thermodynamics can lead to a better understanding of fundamental RTK signaling processes in health and disease. We further argue that there is a need for quantitative, thermodynamic studies that probe the strengths of the interactions between RTKs and their ligands and between different RTKs.

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AnimalsCell MembraneHumansLigandsProtein MultimerizationReceptor Cross-TalkReceptor Protein-Tyrosine KinasesLigandsReceptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases

Identifiers

PMID30589534
PMCPMC6918702
OpenAlexW2907694007

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