Scientific Project Manager and Postdoctoral Fellow | Lengerke Lab @UKTuebingen | Interested in CRISPR/Cas9 screens and cellular immunotherapies in AML
Aug 31, 2020 • 13 tweets • 8 min read
Given the recent advances in treating mutant RET+ cancer, I want to take this opportunity to highlight our publication in @Leukemia (2018) entitled “RET-mediated autophagy suppression as targetable co-dependence in acute myeloid leukemia”.
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The #RET gene encodes a receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK), whose activating mutations are prevalent in solid-organ malignancies such as thyroid cancer (TC) or non-small cell lung cancer (#NSCLC). In contrast, the role of RET in haematologic malignancies is less well defined. (2/13)