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ReviewCancers2021

The Role of the Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Axl in Carcinogenesis and Development of Therapeutic Resistance: An Overview of Molecular Mechanisms and Future Applications.

Martha Wium, Aderonke F Ajayi-Smith, Juliano D Paccez, Luiz F Zerbini

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Review in Cancers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 53 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
53citing papers in PubMed
4.2field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

53 citing papers in PubMed, 76 citations in OpenAlex.

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  18. Phytochemicals as promising agents in Axl-targeted cancer treatment.The Korean journal of physiology & pharmacology : official journal of the Korean Physiological Society and the Korean Society of Pharmacology · 2025
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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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Martha WiumCancer Genomics Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Cape Town 7925, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-0527-1750
Aderonke F Ajayi-SmithCancer Genomics Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Cape Town 7925, South Africa.
Juliano D PaccezInstituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia 74690-900, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-1086-4588
Luiz F ZerbiniCancer Genomics Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Cape Town 7925, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-0736-9508
International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology · ZAUniversidade Federal de Goiás · BR

Funding

CSRD VA 1Joint Research Grant South Africa/Switzerland Research Partnership Programme Bilateral 107798
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Resistance to chemotherapeutic agents by cancer cells has remained a major obstacle in the successful treatment of various cancers. Numerous factors such as DNA damage repair, cell death inhibition, epithelial-mesenchymal transition, and evasion of apoptosis have all been implicated in the promotion of chemoresistance. The receptor tyrosine kinase Axl, a member of the TAM family (which includes TYRO3 and MER), plays an important role in the regulation of cellular processes such as proliferation, motility, survival, and immunologic response. The overexpression of Axl is reported in several solid and hematological malignancies, including non-small cell lung, prostate, breast, liver and gastric cancers, and acute myeloid leukaemia. The overexpression of Axl is associated with poor prognosis and the development of resistance to therapy. Reports show that Axl overexpression confers drug resistance in lung cancer and advances the emergence of tolerant cells. Axl is, therefore, an important candidate as a prognostic biomarker and target for anticancer therapies. In this review, we discuss the consequence of Axl upregulation in cancers, provide evidence for its role in cancer progression and the development of drug resistance. We will also discuss the therapeutic potential of Axl in the treatment of cancer.

Indexed as

Axlcancerdrug resistancemolecular mechanismsreceptor tyrosine kinasetargeted therapy

Identifiers

PMID33806258
PMCPMC8037968
OpenAlexW3137593797

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