MERTK controls melanoma cell migration and survival and differentially regulates cell behavior relative to AXL
Tworkoski KA, Platt JT, Bacchiocchi A, Bosenberg M, Boggon TJ, Stern DF. MERTK controls melanoma cell migration and survival and differentially regulates cell behavior relative to AXL. Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research 2013, 26: 527-541. PMID: 23617806, PMCID: PMC3918898, DOI: 10.1111/pcmr.12110.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAxl Receptor Tyrosine KinaseCdc42 GTP-Binding ProteinCell Line, TumorCell MovementCell ProliferationCell SurvivalC-Mer Tyrosine KinaseCytophotometryGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHEK293 CellsHumansMelanomaNeoplasm MetastasisOligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisPhosphorylationProto-Oncogene ProteinsReceptor Protein-Tyrosine KinasesSignal TransductionSkin NeoplasmsConceptsCell migrationCell behaviorMelanoma cellsAkt-dependent mannerShRNA-mediated knockdownDifferential cell behaviorDifferent transcriptional signaturesReceptor tyrosine kinase AXLMelanoma cell migrationMelanoma cell proliferationKinase domainTyrosine kinase AXLCell motilityTranscriptional signatureCell survivalColony formationCell proliferationOverexpression of AxlPossible therapeutic targetMelanoma pathogenesisNovel mutationsMerTKAxlTherapeutic targetMutations